NFHS announces upcoming pre-pitch rule change and POEs

[SeeingEyeDog]

https://www.nfhs.org/articles/adjustment-made-to-pre-pitch-sequence-in-high-school-baseball/

High school baseball pitchers who do not receive signals from the catcher must now simulate taking a sign with one foot on the pitcher’s plate before proceeding with a pitch.

POEs:

1. Monitoring Excessive Celebration
2. Wearing Equipment as Intended by Manufacturers
3. Safety of Coaches Sitting on Buckets Outside Bench/Dugout Area
4. Umpiring Procedure for Lodged Ball
5. Sportsmanship

(3 should be a good time for everyone concerned...right up there with jewelry.)

~Dawg

[Jimurray]

9 minutes ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

https://www.nfhs.org/articles/adjustment-made-to-pre-pitch-sequence-in-high-school-baseball/

High school baseball pitchers who do not receive signals from the catcher must now simulate taking a sign with one foot on the pitcher’s plate before proceeding with a pitch.

POEs:

1. Monitoring Excessive Celebration
2. Wearing Equipment as Intended by Manufacturers
3. Safety of Coaches Sitting on Buckets Outside Bench/Dugout Area
4. Umpiring Procedure for Lodged Ball
5. Sportsmanship

(3 should be a good time for everyone concerned...right up there with jewelry.)

~Dawg

Already posted here: The Pause That Refreshes.... - High School - Umpire-Empire

[maven]

1 hour ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

High school baseball pitchers who do not receive signals from the catcher must now simulate taking a sign with one foot on the pitcher’s plate before proceeding with a pitch.

That's tied for the dumbest rule change in the history of baseball.

I'm starting to think Matt's right.

[aaluck]

What's going on with No. 2?  Are kids using cups for elbow protectors?

14 minutes ago, maven said:

That's tied for the dumbest rule change in the history of baseball.

Yeah...that's going to be fun.  Let's waste some time between pitches and see if we cannot make 3+ hour games the norm.  So we have a kid that already knowns the pitch shaking off the pitch?

[agdz59]

At least they're not making umpires run their fingers through every HS pitcher's hair.  We've got that going for us.

[Replacematt]

1 hour ago, maven said:

That's tied for the dumbest rule change in the history of baseball.

I'm starting to think Matt's right.

Starting to?

[GreyhoundAggie]

At least they are finally putting the coaches sitting on buckets as a POE. 

I fight this every year since there are guys who don't want to enforce safety rules and that makes me the bad guy,

[StatsUmp]

Could the rules committee made it any more obvious that this appears to be a rule change made for the sake of having a rule change ? Even the POE titles sound more interesting than the rule change.

[SeeingEyeDog]

With apologies, @Thunderheads...please feel free to delete, lock or merge this thread with the other similar one. Or whatever black magic is required here.

~Dawg

[Jimurray]

17 minutes ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

With apologies, @Thunderheads...please feel free to delete, lock or merge this thread with the other similar one. Or whatever black magic is required here.

~Dawg

Terrible faux pas here to not peruse the HS forum before posting in rules. 

[SeeingEyeDog]

17 minutes ago, Jimurray said:

Terrible faux pas here to not peruse the HS forum before posting in rules. 

I'm sorry, @Jimurray...

~Dawg

[Thunderheads]

just getting around to this ..... now in the High School forum