Skinny on FED Going to Mouth Change

[DG]

Originally Posted by GarthB

In North Carolina, apparently, they have gone back to the old missed base appeal rule.

If you mean there is no appeal and umpire calls it when he sees it this statement is not correct for NC. You must appeal a missed base in accordance with FED rules.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Tee's statement stands. Fed does not endorse and has no provision for states interpreting the rules differently. The fact that some states have rules interpreters who make mistakes doesn't change that.

Tee's statement makes perfect sense but the issue is not that, it is (as I posted previously) 50 representatives explaining to God knows how many rules interpretors who in turn explain to thousands of umpires.

Here, let me make it easy to understand. 2005 the FED said (basically) NO GORILLA ARM! Well the CT Representative screwed up the explanation to the 4 association rules interpretors that handle CT and we had four different ways of dealing with the Gorilla Arm. One board (mine) didn't call it at all because that is what we were told. Yet I knew (from the huge argument on this board last season) that this was incorrect. I could not call it because I had no backing to do so. This is what we face with the FED-landia! It is not always a perfect world like in your's or Tee's State! It stinks,but that is reality!

[DG]

Originally Posted by GarthB

South Carolina, North Carolina, I had a 50/50 chance.

Like Washington and Montana, hard to tell apart...from 2500 miles away.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by DG

Like Washington and Montana, hard to tell apart...from 2500 miles away.

A better and more SAT like analogy would be North Carolina is to South Carolina as Washington is to Oregon.

Nothing is like Montana. Hell, yogurt has more culture.

[DG]

Originally Posted by GarthB

A better and more SAT like analogy would be North Carolina is to South Carolina as Washington is to Oregon.

Nothing is like Montana. Hell, yogurt has more culture.

Hard to base any conclusions on SAT scores. Participation rates vary. Washington and Oregon appear neck and neck on participation rates and scores, while Montana appears higher on scores but with lower participation.

What's it like in BC?

http://www.sde.state.ok.us/test/SAT/SATstateSCORES.pdf

http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/...scores2003.pdf