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On the HSBASEBALLWEB sight someone posts about a Toronto catcher catching the ball and falling in the dugout and no bases were awarded. Anyone have a link?

If his front foot hadn't hit the ground yet then it should have been a foul ball in my opinion. Close enough to get the out on though. lol.

Balk in MLB all day long and Ive even seen it from the set (about the same movement from the pitching hand while looking in for the sign). Not sure if Id get it in my games though - theres a lot of twitching that goes on.

It looks to me like hes way more than 90* and I know some guys do that and some guys teach it but its why I prefer two steps fair for the call. Now if the tag is on the back instead of the side then maybe being farther out is better.

What are the criteria? Pitcher on rubber and batter in box, runners have retouched? The specific criterias depend on the rules code being used if you want to be specific but I agree that in a practical sense at the levels most of us do the differences don't really matter. OBR5-11 says " After the ball is dead, play shall be resumed when the pitcher takes his place on the pitcher’s plate with a new ball or the same ball in his possession and the plate umpire calls “Play.†The plate umpire shall call “Play†as soon as the pitcher takes his place on his plate with the ball in his possession." But its slightly different at the beginning of the game FED 5.1.4 requires "pitcher in a legal pitching position, provided the pitcher has engages the pitcher's plate, the batter and the catcher are in their respective boxes" NCAA 6-6 says "After a dead ball, play resumes when the pitcher engages the rubber with possession of the ball, the batter assumes his position in the batter's box, and the umpire calls or signals "Play."

Whenever it will cause your team the most harm and be patently unfair because everyone knows the umpires cheat for the other team.

Along with this, I do it at the lower levels, to get the players used to hearing it before they move up to the big boy field. Playoffs start on Monday. I will verbalize with the point for the 10U's too and see how many kids turn around and make me start over again LOL. Back when I was doing that level I found that if I started with a quiet "okay guys here we go" and then the louder "play" that they didn't turn around. You could try that.

I got blasted for this here but when my partner doesn't put it in play and they pick,I will turn and ask if he had put it in play. No, no pick . Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2 you wont get blasted from me because that's exactly how Id handle it - put it back on the guy who caused the problem. Now if someone usually does it and just forgets then be a good teammate and cover but if someone refuses to learn then use it as a teaching moment especially if its the kind of game that allows for it.

That's a nice thing to think but I would never say that on the field. I assume you were joking. That is a good training line. Sometimes but if their being reasonable then I'll talk to Robin and to Alfred.

If it's the only adult and your trying to get home early then call interference and eject him. Otherwise unless it has a chance of going fair (or is a fly ball / line drive that has a chance to be caught) then just wait for the ball to get back to the pitcher and call "play"

What the coach wants to do is legal in FED but now not allowed in OBR and NCAA. The returning pitcher does not need to face a batter in FED. This loophole was used in some MLB game last year or the year before and is why they put the rule in place.

By the time the leather dries out it will be time to replace the pads anyway.

I give the catcher a certain amount of time, the assistant coach a certain amount of time (more) and the head coach a certain amount of time (most). Treat them all the same all the time.

What does it matter for this post? I think they are treated the same here (unless some youth program has a different take on it of course)

That's a nice thing to think but I would never say that on the field. I assume you were joking.

"You don't have to have the last word, because you get the final say."

I dont quite follow you. IN NCAA balls that go beyond the base and are then called foul can be changed. Both sides could have seen the original signal. Both sides could have seen the change. Get it right the best you can is all they can do and I dont see anything in your post that suggests they didnot. Maybe I'm just missing it.

Like them all BUT what does " Dont be a plumber (or as taught at one of the schools, Dont be a detective) Mean? Don't go looking for s***. Add: Their going to call you blind, don't let them call you blind and lazy. Often wrong. Never indecisive.

It's now type B in OBR so the specific ruling would be different.

I know the whole delaying of the game argument, but define "delaying of the game". Its a judgement call I know, I mean if the catcher is not yet behind the plate (and nobody is there to warm him up), is it delaying of the game? If the catcher is there, and most of the rest of the defense is not yet on the field, is it really delaying of the game? Is it the length of time the coach is out there? How do you judge it? Takes longer than it otherwise would to get the 5 pitches in. And if you think it is, then tell the coach before you charge him with a visit.

You just take a conservative approach and place the runners. In that sense it's like fan interference. There can be a conference but there doesnt have to be one. If it was down the line then second sounds right to me, depending of course on if the ball hit the side and went right to the fielder or if the runner fell down or something.

Dont be a plumber (or as taught at one of the schools, Dont be a detective). Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. Nip it. Nip it in the bud. A good umpire uses his good judgement so he doesnt have to demonstrate his good game management skills. You cant make chicken salad out of chicken s***.

Not once a pitch is thrown then no theres no recourse.

With this slight correction, that's exactly right. Oh -- I envisioned the play exactly backwards. That could change the entire answer. Or not. lol.

Maven means the ball was released from F6 just before or just after BR touched first, not that it went into the dugout then. And I hope that's not to much of a spoiler.