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AA SP:
1) Batter hit roller down 1st base line and follows it to 1st. I'm following him, F3 and F4 collide at the bag. Ball disappears in the crowd or the dust and reappears in foul ground where it hits F3, so I call foul ball. The 1st base coach and others yell that it hit the base. I say couldn't see it and they of course ignore that I'm 20 - 25 feet from the base and say "you need to get down there". Next batter hits a squib to F4, runs 1/3 of the way to 1st, slings his bat across the infield before being putout. I tell him we don't allow bat throwing and his teammates say "don't follow him so close and you won't get hit"
2) Batter swings, fouls ball over the backstop, then loses control of the bat on his follow through. It hits the catcher and the batter wants catcher "interference".
3) Of course, neither team thought they needed to give me a lineup, much less with numbers and last names. One team takes a player out of the game and reports to me that Rick is in for Ken. With only one Ken on the lineup, I write Rick next to his name. Neither bats that inning. Next inning, they say "Billy for Ken". I say Ken is already out, replaced by Rick. The say "no, Rick is catching, but Ken moved to EP". I give up, move Rick to Chris's spot (the original EP), replace Ken with Billy and go on. Not by the rules, but allowing for ........
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