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Originally Posted by azbigdawg
relax. You have probably seen better ball already.
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Bigdawg beat me to it. I just worked a Juco DH this past weekend, and I've done HS games that are much better played.
We had a leaving base early violation in our game. Runner actually took a legitimate lead off of first base. Surprised my partner so much that he called "Illegal" instead of "Early" on the DDB call.
Other things I've experienced in my four or five years of working Juco in our area:
- Teams are notorious for not being ready for the bat inspection using the NCAA bat list. They show up with old copies of the list, they don't have the lists pre-marked with the bats they have, they mark the list using the list from the last game and now have different bats, etc.
- Know the unreported substitution rules and the penalties. So many coaches don't understand that they must report when a player changes defensive positions.
- You WILL see a fielder obstruct a runner while the runner is rounding a base. Happened to me again this past weekend. Know the implication of that violation (player warning, etc.)
- Don't ask, "Are your players legally and properly equipped" at the plate conference.
- There are no courtesy runners in Juco. There are no courtesy runners in Juco. There are no...