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The rain held off and we had a beautiful Saturday.............
Probably low 50's in the a.m. (maybe upper 40's).........
Girls 14U tourney.............
We did have 6 (yes 6) obstruction calls in four games...................I maybe had 6 in all of the games I umpired last year.............
In one of them...........line drive hit to the outfield...........R1 from first comes barreling into 2nd to not only find F4 camped on the bag..........but F6 too.........she put her hands up in a defensive postition while trying to round 2nd.............smallish F4 gets knocked to the ground and there is a close play at third with R1 sliding in safely.................
Defensive coach wants something.............anything for his girl getting knocked down............shheeeeesssshhhhhhhhh
RH Batter gets beaned on the back of the hand while trying to spin away from an inside curve from a lefty pitcher...........I give her first and I have two defensive coaches wanting to inform me that the hands are part of the bat..................shhheeeeshhhhhhhhh #2
I tell partner between half innings that I have only had 2 or 3 swinging HBP in my career............
Next half inning...............Batter swings at an inside pitch that clearly hits her on the back of the hand.........for strike three................talk about coincidence.
Overall...............a wonderful softball weekend................EXCEPT..............
I offered to take the first two plate games and have my partner take the next 2.............BUT.........as luck would have it........she locked her keys/gear/etc. in her car before our last two games.............Sooooooooooo........I did 4 plates in a row..........
Good thing it was nice and cool............grin
But......my hammies are a bit sore.............
Joel
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