[rwest]

Its been said many times that there are no stupid questions. I may be challenging that rule with this quesiton, but here goes.

Mike, you said "Any ball not caught in flight by the catcher is considered a D3K (or U3K, as I prefer) when applicable."

By "when applicable" I assume you mean if the batter swings and misses the ball for strike 3 or he/she is caught watching strike three cross the plate. In the latter case, the umpire would have to have ruled the pitch was a strike.

Are there any other "applicable's" I need to know about?

The reason for my questions is I'm heading up a group of umpires (volunteers) at my Church. We are doing baseball and fast pitch softball. Many of my volunteers have not called ball before. I do ASA Slow Pitch and have not done fast pitch (yet). So I need to understand these rules in order to pass them on to my umpires.

Thanks!