- USA Softball August 2017 Clarifications
- NCAA Softball Rule Changes for 2018
- HBP: Swing or no swing?
- Chalk splatters after about 10 hours
- Little League Team Disqualification.
- Line drive hits runner
- Adding players to a lineup
- Missed Base Appeal with a Twist
- co-ed
- Gerry Davis vs. Adrian Beltre
- Thoughts, notes, and questions from Nationals
- Schutt Low Profile Protector
- Batting the entire roster
- Face masks?
- Florida water
- USA Softball Ten Second Rule vs. Foot in Box Rule
- Coach assist
- BR Interference
- BOO today
- WTB Honig's K2 chest protector
- Balk?
- Ref mag query
- protocol questions
- BIZARRE Play - Abandonment?
- "medical" ear stud
- 2 easy obstruction questions
- Home run or not???
- Out without appeal
- Chest protector for Texas heat
- 2018 NFHS Rule Changes
- Infield Fly with Interference
- Both feet in box. Leaned into pitch?
- Appeal play question
- Game Management situation - Men's FP
- retired BR
- Abandining the base and umpire jeopardy
- Travelling with gear?
- Leaving the lineup
- JO levels of play
- Collision at 1B
- that coach
- Intentionally breaking a rule- USC or just stupid?
- Stop DWI Camp Binghamton NY July 7-9
- Throw from F2 hits batter's bat on backswing - Call?
- "rostered" players
- Preventative What?
- Sigh, I miss the fields.
- B causes IP(?)
- Consequences of coach ejections, ASA
- more base mechanics
- Insured or Not
- Is this interference? Thanks.
- Coach/Player Assist
- Checked swing-D3K
- Umpire Death in Chattanooga
- observed contact play
- One Time "Alternate" Umpire Uniform
- Holding up the pitch
- Batter Interference?
- Lisa Fernandez ejection re: OBS at home
- Electronic equipment
- sunglasses
- Ohio High School State Title Game - OBS Call
- today's OBS
- A Saturday night laugh---"STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE"
- World Series call/no call discussion
- Runner misses a base, how many runs score?
- WCWS Umpires
- USA mechanics question
- Umpire incorrect foul call
- NFHS upward arc foul ball caught.
- Super wide plate stance
- knowing when to hang 'em up
- School Season over with yet? PLEASE??
- Rules Question:
- NFHS--Official Meeting Location Between Innings
- Batter INT on a squeeze play
- Conference
- Nice article about hs Umpiring
- Obsolete Officials on the Field?
- Interference by R1 on foul fly?
- Use of a slow pitch bat in a fast pitch game
- Priorities
- 3 man rotation question
- shaking hands after the game
- Plate Stance
- ASA Batter delaying swing
- ASA Slowpitch Balls
- Ruling Question -- Ground rule double or homerun?
- Dead ball - how many bases?
- Ground rules - whose responsibility to establish
- There's Always a First...
- Removal of pitcher
- Gerry Davis still not good ASA/USA
- Should be sure, but I'm not...
- Drop Ball after Lookback
- Umpires needed for So Cal Finest Zoom into June Showcase
- Subs
- Missed plate after home run
- Female softball players language
- base mechanics
- Erroneous foul ball call
- Umpire uniform violation
- Out or not?
- NFHS - Diving catch on collapsing fence
- High school softball - legal equipment to wear college logo hat when pitching?
- Who would have thought.......
- My Dumb Move
- Players standing in the dugout openings
- base runner interference??
- 1st Games of the year
- Can a popped bunt be considered an infield fly?
- new chest protector
- Double touch?
- Does the run score
- Catcher Obstruction/Batter Interference
- Time limit on game.
- Measuring Bases
- Appeal play - how to call it
- When do we have an IP?
- Umpires being the last to know!
- Grand Slam passing a runner - kind of
- Gear earned it's keep today - in one inning!
- R1 does not touch 2nd
- NFHS: How Long Do You Wait?
- what do you have NFHS rule set
- Do You Start the Clock Here?
- NFHS Foul Ball
- Error in USA Umpire Manual
- Miscellaneous Rules
- Spring Break
- Fixing plate shoes? New Balance 460s - Blown out toe/instep guard
- Verbalize a fair ball?
- DP mechanics
- Start of a new inning
- Does the run count
- Auburn vs Georgia 4/2/17
- Start with 8?
- NCAA Pitcher Reentry
- What's the Call?
- Ball hits batter
- Re-entry (NFHS 2017 Softball Rules)
- What do we have?
- Warming Up
- Ending the Slaughter - Coach says his runner will leave early. Runner stays on base.
- Batter hit by pitch in box
- NFHS Equipment Inspections
- First Game...
- How far does the autonomy go?
- Offensive Time Out
- Number on uniform
- Time out?
- Batter in fair ball territory
- USA & NFHS 3-ump mechanics question
- NFHS--Overrunning first--different question
- NFHS Girls softball
- NFHS Girls softball
- NFHS Girls softball
- Time not called, but . . .
- NCAA Unreported sub
- IP w/o Pitch
- Illegal Pitch Procedure
- NFHS--Overrunning first
- Third Strike
- out of box bat contact
- Ejection for Sliding too Far from Base?
- When is a Batter out of the Box?
- Another bad decision
- Illegal Pitches
- video says it all
- Waist up, waist down
- Illegal Player Procedure
- Call Time or Allow Timing Violation?
- Dropped ball in windup
- Tarp in Live Ball Territory
- Thoughts on this SNAFU....
- Courtesy Runner
- Unreported sub
- Test question
- NFHS unreported sub penalty
- NFHS Test
- USA/NCAA/NFHS differences chart
- Need Clarification on Timing Violation
- ASA February Clarifications
- It's shopping time!
- Protective gear product recommendation: Field tested!
- Spring is coming...
- Team Warnings
- from 2015 Case Plays
- Odd ASA test question
- More YouTube fun!
- What Happened to "(legal or illegal)"?
- Speaking of Elbecos....
- New USA (ASA) Uniforms
- Sad note
- my wish
- ASA/USA General Council Meeting
- Notes from Umpire Commitee ASA Council Meeting
- Illlegal Pitch Effect
- Season Over
- Dead ball appeal
- cell phone on the field?
- Painting home plate
- Blew 3 calls in 2 innings!!
- Thrown ball INT ??
- New USA Softball Umpire Uniforms
- Fair or Foul and getting help
- 2017 NFHS Softball Rule Changes
- weird weekend
- ASA Ethics and Plicies (?)
- Umpire: "No More." Coach: "OK.....chirp chirp" - Toss or ignore?
- Illegal pitch, ball 4 - BR advances and is put out
- NFHS Obstruction Interp
- PIAA Pitch Count
- MLB call vs softball
- Association Question
- Late lineup insertion
- ASA Men's C Div. Live Ball Question
- Dropped 3rd Strike NFHS
- What could I have done different?
- ejected in softball?
- Pitched ball bounces over backstop.
- Arizona lost a good one.....
- live ball appeal
- What's the call?
- Is it Fair of foul
- ASA - Batter/Runner touches 1st thinks ball is dropped and heads towards dugout
- safety base q
- ASA - 1B Coach runs out on field during live ball to argue a call at 2B
- ASA Coed Player Positioning
- Speed of softball pitch
- Softball will be in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
- Response to coach
- short handed rule, batting out of order
- Interference, or no? How many outs?
- Another new mechanic?
- Courtesy Runner/Substition clarification
- New Mechanic?
- What's the call?
- 6 in a row in 100+ ???
- Injured player rule?
- 14u Western B
- more positioning
- Infield Bloop
- Local Rule question
- Infield fly rule after the fact
- Foul ball w/ 2 strikes - slow pitch
- Foul ball w/2 strikes
- when is it an appeal?
- Interesting Plays