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My son's team's first round playoffs, I'm keeping the book.
The opposition's B1 squares to bunt, the pitch is low and outside, but PU calls strike on the attempt(it looked to me as if he did try to reach the pitch). Here's where it gets good... The offensive manager calls time and appeals the strike call, that B1 did not attempt to bunt. The idiot PU checks with an equally idiotic BU, who signals 'no swing!' The PU reverses his call of strike to ball! Our manager goes out to the PU and tells him, to no avail, that it's the defense who has appeal rights, not the other way around. 
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Well regardless what i would have done is say "sir that is my call it is a judgement call you can appele a judgement call sit down and shut up..... play ball"
However as far as a bunt goes i will never ask a BU for that swing question its my judgement if the bat was brought back in time.
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 03:17pm
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 03:44pm
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I think we can just about bank on dumbrumb posting at least one thing in each post that is either A) in contradiction to the rulebook, B) a known "Dumb-Coach-Cliche" (the kind that every 1st year ump disabuses themselves of in week 1 or 2, or their first real clinic), or C) both.
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 05:20pm
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drumbum,
just so you won't keep getting ripped a new one PLEASE read this link before posting: http://eteamz.active.com/baseball/rules/obr/myths/
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 07:51pm
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 I started arguing this with a parent today, then realized it wasn't worth my time. From now on, I'll let them live in peaceful oblivion. (My favorite times are still when I explain a rule to the parents, and then the umpires tell the parents the wrong rule.  Can I just start handing out copies of "40 Baseball Rule Myths" to everyone?)
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 09:36pm
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This is probaly an HTBT, but I'd like the Forum's opinion.
Batter squares with his bat waist-high. As the pitch comes in he sees it's going to be low and he bends at the knees to get down there - the bat never moving forward. Are you calling strike under the theory that crouching down as the ball comes in lower is "holds the bat in the path of the ball" or "intent"? (2.8.1 FED; 2.00 OBR)
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 09:51pm
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However as far as a bunt goes i will never ask a BU for that swing question its my judgement if the bat was brought back in time. [/B][/QUOTE] Without debating the point. I always allow an appeal. Hey I might get a strike that way and I'm closer to the parking lot. Aside from that you're wrong.
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 09:53pm
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Thu Jun 30, 2005, 11:45pm
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Dumdum.....
You'd tell a coach to "sit down and shut up"? Any association around here would "drum" you out for having that kind of shi**y attitude. I'd personally recommend a more tactful way to put that.
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Fri Jul 01, 2005, 05:10am
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Fri Jul 01, 2005, 07:26am
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