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  1. I did 3 games today with a 16 year old umpire - he had the plate the first 2 games. I stood in right field between innings. He asked about it as we walked to the parking between games 1 and 2. So I told him it's usually quicker and, in my opinion, looks more professional (I didn't tell him that it felt 15 degrees cooler on the grass). I took the plate for game 3 and he stood in short right field between innings. He agreed that the time between innings was shorter - the teams seemed to move a bit quicker. I did tell him that if we need to talk about something between innings to wave me in and we would do so. In the second game he waved me in after the top of 4 to ask about the mercy rule. I told him and moved back to right field. Today's games went really well with good sportsmanship. Which is a direct result of 2 ejections yesterday in the same game resulting in a forfeit in the winner's bracket. I'll write that one up later. SRP
  2. Today I worked a 9AA game with my partner (first time we've worked together). AA means no balk, no leadoff, no IFF, no D3K, no advance to home on overthrow. Otherwise it's FED. Our league umpires are for the most part 15-19 year olds (my partner today was 17) and they have the habit of walking in between innings to shoot the breeze with the PU. I don't do that - I move into shallow RF and then move to A when the batter walks up to the plate. In the pregame my partner tells the coaches we'll extend the fence line and if the ball goes beyond "he" will call it dead and award bases. He also stresses that it is his call alone and won't be open for discussion. Bases empty, top of 2, no outs. I'm in A, slow grounder to F5. F5 waits for the ball to get to him meaning it really won't be a close play. F5 makes the throw, short and offline - BR and F3 end up tangled up as F3 moved to stop the ball and BR was in the lane. I see the tangle and see BR starting toward 2B so I start moving also in the event there's a play. Meanwhile the ball rolls past the fence line and PU makes no call so I yell dead ball and leave BR at 2B. My partner then walks halfway to the mound and moves BR (now R1) to 3B. DM is immediately questioning the award and I go to confer with my partner. DM continues saying "first throw from the infield". I tell PU that the runner should be on 2B as first throw by infielder the award is TOP. My partner says he's giving 3B because of the obstruction at first. I tell him I've got nothing on the collision, it's a train wreck based on the fact this is 9AA baseball and R1 needs to go back to 2B. He tells me we went over this in pregame and it's his call and his award. He explains it to the DM who's not happy but says we'll play it. Now, after the inning, I move out to short RF a DC is now at the 1BC box and says to VC/VM, "see the BU doesn't like the call anymore than we did, he won't even stand with his partner". I ignored it but after that inning I started walking in and standing with my partner to signal we were a team in this game. Should I have said something to the coach? It was a clear disagreement between us but I didn't want the coaches to think we weren't working together to call the game. If my partner wouldn't accept my input on the award then I think I have to live with it - particularly because he made it "his" award. Thanks
  3. I've worked several times with a guy that does stuff like this - instructs hitters to how to hold the bat, has catchers shift their position and, my favorite, tells the pitchers how to hold the ball (9 - 12 year-olds). He also cleans the plate between batters in the last inning. He freely admits he does it to slow the game down so he won't have to work a fifth or sixth inning (1:45 time limit is a hard stop unless playoffs). I don't work with him anymore. It's just to painful.:D
  4. In a Triple Crown tournament last year our 3rd base coach was ejected for fielding a foul ball. PU said it hadn't passed the base so sent him to the parking lot. I let them go by, it's not my job to stop it. When I'm PU, since it was a slow roller then I probably have the interference call based on his intent.
  5. It's an automatic ejection in our league. :D
  6. I don't give the "in the neighborhood" call. Would OC accept in the neighborhood when F3 pulls his foot? Would DC accept in the neighborhood when R1 misses second? Make the play and you'll get the call.
  7. We get paid by check from the league 2 - 3 weeks after the game. I think they run checks twice a month. I'm fine with that time frame.
  8. When I started umpiring as a teenager, I worked a DH 13U game and when I was finished UIC asked if I could pick up another one as he had a no show across the street. I walked over to find my dad is HC of the visiting team. We start the plate meeting and first thing out of HT coach is I protest. Okay, we'll note that in the book. Then he says he's not playing if I'm the umpire (I'm BU for this game). Call over UIC who says if HT doesn't take the field it's a forfeit. We played and my dad lost so the protest was going nowhere. That was the last time for me. I called a fair game but took more abuse than a 17 year old should have to. Today, I don't even take games in my youngest son's division because I don't want a perception that my calls are changing standings in the league. SRP
  9. Last night I was watching a 13U game. The PU was working solo and, I thought doing a great job; hustling out for calls, getting into position. Several parents were complaining that after an out at first or second, PU kept watching the ball rather than turning to see the run score at home. They had a really good umpire calling the game and still had to find a reason to complain.
  10. I found this post on "How do you win the argument on a tag." interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Post Of The Month May, 2010"
  11. SRP

    Why not a balk?

    I've seen it as a coach at USSSA tournaments. First time was but PU explained it as a USSSA rule. I haven't seen it used anywhere but USSSA tournaments and it's becoming more common in Colorado at 13U and 12U. Steve
  12. Thanks - like I said, had not seen it before.
  13. I hadn't seen this before and can't figure out the rule that may apply. High school JV game under NFHS. I'm a parent-spectator. Runners 1st and 3rd, 1 out, count goes to 3-1. DC asks and gets time for a conference. He's 3 steps out of the dugout when a player sprints with a glove from the dugout into centerfield and squats to begin warming up F8 to replace F1. After about a minute, PU goes to mound to end the conference and then DC calls over OC and they begin looking at the lineup and discussing that - F8 is warming up the entire time. Finally, they decide all is good and end the conference. F8 comes in to relieve with the 3-1 count (and gets his 8 warmup pitches from the mound), F1 goes to F5, F5 goes to F7 and F7 goes to F8. Player who sprinted out sprints back to dugout and play resumes. Several of us are umpires in our youth league that plays under NFHS and we couldn't figure this out. I think it's a substitution of F8 and another ump agrees but we can't find the rule. Thanks, Steve
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