Weirdest "Rule"

[Guest Juan]

What's the weirdest "rule" you ever had a coach tell you is a real rule that they obviously made up or heard when they were playing in their backyard but thinks is real?

[TheGeneral]

75 posts, and you all fail.

Little Leagues rule 7.13 (leaving early) trumps any made up local rule, and dopey FED rule, and any other rule in organized ball. It's not even close.

Where else do you drop a flag, make runner go poof, pull three runners off the bench AND have to unscrew the manager out of the dugout ceiling?

Please, spare those other attempts.

This is one of the weirdest actual rules, however the original post was asking for things that coaches say are rules but aren't actually.

But yeah, the leaving too early in LL is... different.

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[kylejt]

Fair enough.

 

Yesterday, LL Majors City tournament. Runner leaves early, I drop the flag, and the catcher throws him out anyways.

 

The O manager wanted me to waive off the out, and just put his runner back, since he got caught leaving early.

 

Yeah.

[Mad Mike]

Runner on first, fly ball to deep left-center field. Runner does not think ball will be caught, heads towards second. Great catch made. Runner returns to first. Center fielder airmails ball into the dugout. Dead ball.

 

We place runner on third. Coach comes out to argue and says, "He was going back to first, he gets that base, plus one." I am trying to keep a straight face, but it is pretty hard. He asks me what is so funny. In order to keep from laughing, I explain to him all base awards on a thrown ball are 2 bases. He says, "Yeah, he gets first and second." I tell him, "Coach, he already legally occupied first. The award is from TOT because he it was an outfielder that threw it out of play." He looks at me in utter disbelief, shakes his head and walks away. 

 

I wish I had some twilight zone music that could play in the background right now. 

[Guest wjr953]

I was PU doing a Babe Ruth game, R1 gets himself picked off and a rundown begins. Almost every player on the Defensive team got involved in the rundown before R1 was finally tagged out. OC comes out to argue that his runner should be called safe because "there were too many defensive players involved in the rundown". Really, Coach?  

[FleasOf1000Camels]

Runner on 1st.

Pitcher comes set.

Pitcher rips off a loud juicy fart.

So loud everybody on the infield, dugouts and bleachers heard it.

He's got a big grin on his face, and picks up his non-pivot foot and shakes it back and forth a couple of times while he breaks his hands and waves his glove behind his backside.

I'm doing my best to get the words "that's a balk" out, but I'm laughing so hard what came out was probably unintelligible.

 

Coach: You can't call that a balk...it's an act of God.

[noumpere]

In basketball, we call it a fragrant foul.

[FleasOf1000Camels]

Runner on 3rd. 

Pitch to batter is ball four.

F2 turns to me with his hands up and says "time, sir"

I shake my head and say "no", but I don't think he saw or heard me as he was already heading for the mound.

F2 (headgear under his arm) and ball in his glove is handing ball to F1 as BR reaches 1st base.

BR never hesitates at 1st, running flat out for 2nd.

Fans and players all start screaming.

F1 grabs ball and throws it into center field.

Runner from 3rd scores, batter/runner is safe at 3rd on a close play.

 

Coach says "but he (catcher) called "time".

 

"No, coach.  He ASKED for time, and I didn't grant it."

 

One of my favorite movie quotes from Gone With The Wind...."Askin' ain't gettin'"

[noumpere]

What age level was this?  In most games of older (a relative term) players, just grant the time.

[ALStripes17]

What age level was this? In most games of older (a relative term) players, just grant the time.

How can you justify granting 'Time' if the walked batter continues on to 2B without hesitation?

[1dumbquestion]

 

What age level was this? In most games of older (a relative term) players, just grant the time.

How can you justify granting 'Time' if the walked batter continues on to 2B without hesitation?

 

Not saying it's right or wrong but in any shaving age game a batter would never just continue to 2nd on a walk. So time can be handed out liberally. In a 12U or under game I can see waiting until the BR has reached. 1

[FleasOf1000Camels]

I believe this was 13u, but I'm not sure why that would make any difference.

I'm not killing the ball till batter/runner reaches 1st AND does something (however slight) to show me he has no intent to attempt to advance further.

I don't know what it's like where you work, but around here it QUITE common (with a runner at 3rd) for that walked batter to make a move toward 2nd in hopes of drawing a throw. 

[noumpere]

I believe this was 13u, but I'm not sure why that would make any difference.

 

because at higher levels, no one is going to keep going to second if F2 stays at the plate.  the players throw and catch well enough that at least one of the runners will be out and R3 is not going to score.

 

So, you can say "no" and then wait and then grant time OR you can just grant time.  The latter is what's expected by both teams.  The former will have you viewed in not such a kind light by either team.

[ALStripes17]

I believe this was 13u, but I'm not sure why that would make any difference.

because at higher levels, no one is going to keep going to second if F2 stays at the plate. the players throw and catch well enough that at least one of the runners will be out and R3 is not going to score.

So, you can say "no" and then wait and then grant time OR you can just grant time. The latter is what's expected by both teams. The former will have you viewed in not such a kind light by either team.

This is a fairly common occurrence at the HS levels.

It's easy to tell F2 "when the runners stop."

Once you get to HS and up, your players understand that the umpire must wait (in this case, for play to stop) to call 'Time.'