Aging_Arbiter

Fellow umpires, the LLWSUAA is holding their summer fundraiser. We had 2 tickets donated for game 1 and 2 tickets for game 2 of the 2026 MLB World Series. You pay for travel and lodging, but for a $20 donation, you get 1 entry into the drawing ($50 = 3 chances, $100 equals 7 chances) for a seat AT the game. If you have umpired ANY LLWS and are not currently a member of the association, please reach out to me so we can get you signed up. https://llwsuaa.org/product/world-series-ticket-donation/ ~AA

I have. However, mine was only 2 levels. C5-6 and C6-7. Force 3 mask is my best friend now.

Just to be curious and not a smart @$$ {this time)..... Have you looked in the rulebook?

SWMBO has been appointed as the interim District Administrator (for our District) until the June election. I tagged along for the LL International congress in Indianapolis. While touring the vendor displays, who does one meet??? Our very own @DerekGDS. Great guy! He stopped what he was doing to chat a little and it was nice to put a face to a name. P.S. He's a lot taller than he sounds on UE.

look at it this way......once they get there, the safety bag disappears

As a "Dual Knee Replacement" recipient, I can HIGHLY suggest something that had worked for me. Walk on a treadmill .....BACKWARDS. Someone had mentioned this to me years ago, and it worked. Something all medically scientific and stuff about how it helps to strengthen the jigaments and tendonloins around the knee.

DO you feel like you are trying to make up something to explain an incorrect call? It has been explained, it has been copied and pasted from the rules. Stop MSU and umpire. Live, laugh, toaster bath!

USMC 85-96

because MOST coaches are clueless themselves

I'm thinking you may want to reach out to Tony (great guy!) and ask him. Or, just tell him to make it the same color as the titanium mask. I'm sure that you won't be disappointed.

Noooooooo, really? Say it isn't so!

Well, there IS such a person......and I know him. @Umpire Santa 🤣

We can argue semantics all day long. I just copied and pasted Giamatti's statement from when it was published.

Here is Giamatti's statement.... 'The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is the sad end of a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. By choosing not to come to a hearing before me, and by choosing not to proffer any testimony or evidence contrary to the evidence and information contained in the report of the Special Counsel to the Commissioner, Mr. Rose has accepted baseball's ultimate sanction, lifetime ineligibility. Maybe it's just me. When you die, your LIFE is over. Your LIFETIME has ended. Therefore, banishment has ended. Put Pete In my .02

But if you look closely, it actually hit the ground twice. 1 bounce = safe, 2 bounces = he gets to go to 3rd.

Why did Morris Buttermaker of the 1976 Bad News Bears come to mind???

well. there goes another D1 spot for anyone trying to move up

Any Veterans in attendance at the game, must select which one will be elected to call in a tactical airstrike against the opposing team....... but only once per game. Therefore, strategy will continue to play a role in the "sport".

Dear Mr. Manfred (you senile old b@stard), Baseball is a sport......Banana ball is entertainment.

I am proud to say that I have NEVER ejected anyone. Now, I have confirmed THEIR desire to no longer participate in that days contest...... 😁

that's what I did

Maybe fitting into the little inside pocket that we are used to using would be interesting......but I'm here to tell you, it should probably fit into the ball bag.

Here is how I pointed it out to my LL board years ago.. I informed them that being in violation BY MODIFYING 7.08 (a) 3 that they are putting their charter in jeopardy of being suspended or revoked. Should an incident occur, and it the charter be revoked, the LL provided insurance goes away too. This would leave the league paying for any insurance claims/hospitalization, etc. as well as open them up for liability lawsuits. YMMV