[BuggBob]

I don't know where coaches come up with some of their special rules, but the game sure wouldn't be a fun without them. Last night bases loaded, batter hits a foul ball over the catchers head to the back stop (umpire calls foul ball). The catcher pops-up like a spring-loaded springy thing and retrieves the ball, at the same time runners are running all over the place (forward and backwards) the catcher throws the ball to the pitcher who is not paying great attention and is not in the circle (not that it mattered) the pitcher drops the ball. Some coach yells, "That ball is live!" Now all the runners start to advance. One run scores, the ball is thrown away at third, two runs score, the ball is gang retrieved, three runs score, the ball is thrown away again, four runs score. Offence is all jumping and celebrating as the defensive coach starts to come out and complain. "What was that?" "About two minutes of nothing, the ball was dead" I tell him. It took another three minutes to get all the runners back and the batter back in the box, "No ball and one strike!" After the inning one of the coaches asked me if I was sure the ball wasn't live after a foul ball. "Yep not live."

Bugg