The games went fine. Scrimmage / pre-season game with a local CC and a club team from the University of British Columbia. First game on the bases, no issues - other than I was almost burned out behind F6 with a R on 2B. As R took her lead off with the pitch, F4 moved into 2B. F2 threw across to F4 to pick R off. I moved back toward 2B with the throw, then realized after 2 steps that R went to 3B. Luckily F4 bobbled the throw from F1 and there was no play beyond that.
Not bad for first game of the season.
2nd game, I've got the dish. It's right around 40 degrees. This is where all kinds of weird stuff happened:
- Had to tell F1 that her knee brace needed to be padded.
- With R on 2B, ground ball to F6, errant throw to F3 drawing off to her left. F3 caught the ball. I hold at HP a second to watch for pulled foot or swipe tag, and just as F3 caught the ball and was pulled off, F2 stepped in my way. My partner didn't make any call, just quickly came to me with "was there a tag?" Hell, I couldn't see a damn thing so I came up with a strong "no". DC decided to talk to us about that one.
- Called a strike on a batter for a violation of the 10 second rule.
- Had F4 leave in an ambulance for either breaking her collarbone or dislocating her shoulder after diving for a ball and landing wrong.
- Had 3 overthrows around the plate in one play, got me bouncing all around the place.
Good games tho. And good Mexican food afterwards.