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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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That explains a lot. There are many babe-ruth-aged local leagues where the umpires, and the UIC, and the coaches all believe this "myth". Mnay also believe in the "fielders balk", the "hands are part of the bat" etc.
If your league only believes the "pitcher must drop the hands immediately", you are ahead of the game.
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In the interest of clarification I've got to be fair to the local Babe Ruth League. When I was told to call the must drop hands to side balk it was not in Babe Ruth, it was in another local league.
The Babe Ruth program in Utah is very well run and has some very good umpires. Many of the umps I work with in Babe Ruth are former high school officials who, for a myriad of reasons, can't work high school games anymore. In my case it came down to my work schedule. I just couldn't get off for 3p.m. games so I had to quit doing high school.
Eric
Sat Jul 23, 2005, 02:03pm
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