TheLovejoy Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 Beloved Oven-Mitt question (put your bias aside, I hate them too) American Legion game (OBR based): Batter hits a triple down the right field line, slides into 3rd safely, pulls his oven-mitt out of his back pocket, and holds it up in the air, posing, smiling, acting as if it was a camera taking selfies. My first thought was this is an orchestrated, prop celebration. (The fun part was really that they overthrew the cutoff, and the ball went halfway out into left field, so the runner would have scored had ne not been taking selfies with is oven-mitt.) The coach was pissed enough about that, that he pinch ran for him and pulled him. So that was entertaining enough. However, I thought I remembered a mention in NFHS about props, but never anything in Legion (OBR) about it. Just looking for some clarification since I can't find it. Quote
MadMax Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 1 hour ago, TheLovejoy said: Just looking for some clarification since I can't find it. You’re not going to find it. Neither of the rule sets referred to address “props”, specifically. OBR certainly won’t (the actors are the celebrities, not the stagehands), and NFHS, because of its glacial response to “issues”, lumps things like this into “sportsmanship”, leaves it to the state associations to interpret, crosses its fingers, and hopes a particularly “egregious” event doesn’t result in an “event” (fight) that is picked up in national news. Eyeblack. Eyeblack as “gang symbolism” is the rue-of-the-day. 🙄 Is that “oven mitt” (sliding mitt) an item of equipment that he is permitted to have on him? Yes. … … … that’s pretty much how far it can really be read into. If he’s using a (permitted) sliding mitt to recreate / reenact a celebratory act… well… . If you’ve got a Burger King crown, or a sombrero, or an English gentry wig, or a push broom 🧹 being brought out of the dugout so as to partake in a celebration, that’s a whole ‘other issue, and one that should be addressed and penalized (No, it’s not an Out. It’s a warning and/or ejection). Currently, NCAA is the only ruleset that addresses “prop” by term, and the penalties that brings. 1 1 Quote
TheLovejoy Posted May 13 Author Report Posted May 13 Makes sense. I guess when I was thinking props. I was lumping that into them bringing something else onto the field that they weren't supposed to have (the burger king crown), and didn't separate the two. Thanks Max ❤️ 1 Quote
BLarson Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 I don't hate the oven mitts...I hate when they get on base and call time to take off their batting gloves (and whatever elbow/ankle protection), then pull the oven mitt out of their back pocket, unwind the velcro, and put it on. It's especially worse when the batter does his celebration moves for getting on base THEN does all the above. Quote
The Man in Blue Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 What if he uses the oven mitt to get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich out of the oven? Quote
TheLovejoy Posted May 14 Author Report Posted May 14 3 hours ago, The Man in Blue said: What if he uses the oven mitt to get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich out of the oven? Like, that's a celebration I wanna see. Puts on the oven mitt, opens the oven, pretends to take a pizza out, then all the kids have a pizza party. I'm in. I've changed my mind on them. They are ok in my book. 1 3 Quote
SeeingEyeDog Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 Legal pitch hits the oven mitt sticking out of the back pocket...HBP? ~Dawg Quote
Tborze Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 1 hour ago, SeeingEyeDog said: Legal pitch hits the oven mitt sticking out of the back pocket...HBP? ~Dawg Yes 1 Quote
The Man in Blue Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 Legal pitch hits the batting gloves sticking out of the back pocket … HBP? Legal pitch hits the play card wristband sticking out of the back pocket … HBP? Quote
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