BigBlue4u Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 With my left hand on the bible and my right palm in the air, I swear this is true: Batter hits a home run. As he is jogging toward the plate someone tosses him a basketball from the third base dugout. As he crosses home plate, a teammate is there holding a basket. The home run hitter then dunks the ball into the basket. My first reaction? NOBODY can make this stuff up. But there it is. And, I guess we can all agree this is what the NFHS is talking about when it is talking about props. 4 2
johnnyg08 Posted February 27 Author Report Posted February 27 14 minutes ago, BigBlue4u said: With my left hand on the bible and my right palm in the air, I swear this is true: Batter hits a home run. As he is jogging toward the plate someone tosses him a basketball from the third base dugout. As he crosses home plate, a teammate is there holding a basket. The home run hitter then dunks the ball into the basket. My first reaction? NOBODY can make this stuff up. But there it is. And, I guess we can all agree this is what the NFHS is talking about when it is talking about props. If there was a textbook example, this would be it. 😂😂😂 1
Replacematt Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 1 hour ago, BigBlue4u said: With my left hand on the bible and my right palm in the air, I swear this is true: Batter hits a home run. As he is jogging toward the plate someone tosses him a basketball from the third base dugout. As he crosses home plate, a teammate is there holding a basket. The home run hitter then dunks the ball into the basket. My first reaction? NOBODY can make this stuff up. But there it is. And, I guess we can all agree this is what the NFHS is talking about when it is talking about props. HTBT. 1
Richvee Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 On 2/24/2025 at 1:04 PM, Richvee said: I'll get info from my chapter in NJ tomorrow night, but I'm not expecting a definitive answer. Unfortunately I have nothing to report. The topic never came up.
johnnyg08 Posted February 28 Author Report Posted February 28 2 minutes ago, Richvee said: Unfortunately I have nothing to report. The topic never came up. You called that one!
Richvee Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 Just now, johnnyg08 said: You called that one! Unfortunately, I know how our meetings usually run. From what I can gather, during the meeting with the state and the rules interpreters of the state's different chapters, the state didn't have any guidance either. (If it was brought up and actually discussed, I have no idea) state hasn't had much to say either.
The Man in Blue Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 On 2/27/2025 at 2:44 PM, BigBlue4u said: With my left hand on the bible and my right palm in the air, I swear this is true: Batter hits a home run. As he is jogging toward the plate someone tosses him a basketball from the third base dugout. As he crosses home plate, a teammate is there holding a basket. The home run hitter then dunks the ball into the basket. My first reaction? NOBODY can make this stuff up. But there it is. And, I guess we can all agree this is what the NFHS is talking about when it is talking about props. Until Ole Smitty doesn't want to deal with this clear rule violation, so he gets an interpretation issued that this IS LEGAL as long as the basketball is an officially approved NFHS basketball. It can't be a prop if the NFHS approved it . . . in some sport. 3
scrounge Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 On 2/27/2025 at 3:44 PM, BigBlue4u said: With my left hand on the bible and my right palm in the air, I swear this is true: Batter hits a home run. As he is jogging toward the plate someone tosses him a basketball from the third base dugout. As he crosses home plate, a teammate is there holding a basket. The home run hitter then dunks the ball into the basket. My first reaction? NOBODY can make this stuff up. But there it is. And, I guess we can all agree this is what the NFHS is talking about when it is talking about props. Whoa, I'm wondering if you're in my area, because that EXACT thing happened with a team around here last year. I gave an informal warning the first time to keep it in the dugout, but they did it again. That led to a very public team warning to the coach "Dave, the next prop that comes out of the dugout, someone's getting ejected". They kept it in the dugout after that. 1
johnnyg08 Posted March 7 Author Report Posted March 7 On 3/2/2025 at 7:33 PM, scrounge said: Whoa, I'm wondering if you're in my area, because that EXACT thing happened with a team around here last year. I gave an informal warning the first time to keep it in the dugout, but they did it again. That led to a very public team warning to the coach "Dave, the next prop that comes out of the dugout, someone's getting ejected". They kept it in the dugout after that. Getting away with it twice was definitely a win for them.
BigBlue4u Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 (edited) For future reference: A team gets ONE warning. And the warning conversation ends like this: "Coach, if it happens again the participants will be ejected and you will be ejected for not controlling your team." Edited March 8 by johnnyg08 Edited to properly quote @scrounge 1
BigBlue4u Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 On 3/7/2025 at 4:59 AM, johnnyg08 said: Getting away with it twice was definitely a win for them. Johnny G. Thanks for fixing this. I'll do a better job attributing quotes in the future.
scrounge Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 On 3/7/2025 at 7:59 AM, johnnyg08 said: Getting away with it twice was definitely a win for them. you're not wrong, the first time caught me a bit off guard and was like "what the...get that outta here" to the kids just as they came out, but forgot/failed to give the coach the warning/heads up. The second time was the formal warning, and it was a clean game to date otherwise and a good coach so I felt I owed that 2nd formal warning, and he handled it. 1
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