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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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Originally posted by argodad
Head coach says, "C'mon Blue. She held the bat in the zone. That's a strike in every rule book."
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I'm sure the coach was refering to just the ones s/he reads.
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Some of them seem to read NO RULE BOOKS!!
Had a game last night where pitcher gets ball back from catcher and steps back into the circle and pulls the ball back as though to throw to 2nd where R1 is off the base after the pitch. R1 doesn't move back quickly, so F1 throws and throws it away. R1 starts to 3rd where she gets into a "pickle" until the fielders decide to play on R2 coming from 1st base! After 6-8 throws around, we end up with R1 on 3 and R2 on 2.
Head coach calls time and asks me (BU) why I let them run when her pitcher had the ball in the circle. I explained that F1 was "making a play" and that everything was legal. I DID NOT explain anything about runner not hesitating, and I was afraid I might regret that later.
Sure enough, a couple of innings later, other team has R1 on 3 and BR draws a walk. I see 1st base coach waiving BR on to 2nd and she never slowed down. F1 holds the ball and never even looks like she wants to make a play. Same coach calls time and asks me why I didn't call BR out!!
Later in the game, between innings, the assistant coach of the same team asks me why I'm not calling IP on the other team's pitcher because she isn't starting with BOTH feet on the pitching plate! I explain the difference in NFHS and ASA. (In her defense, she did say that they had been called for IP in a high school tournament earlier in the year for not having both feet on the rubber. This touney was umpired by an association other than the one I work for. Sometimes even umpires don't read the right book!)
So, again I say, some coaches don't seem to read ANY rule book!!
[Edited by NorthAlaUmp on Apr 6th, 2005 at 06:08 PM]