Critique, Please

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by LMan

Ha!


"Hey, what league did you pitch in last season?"

"California Penal."

"This guy's dead."

"Cross him off the list then."

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

"This guy's dead."

"Cross him off the list then."

One of my favorite movies.

Craig, regardless of where the pitches are, doesn't it seem at least somewhat odd to you that the player that caused a host of problems last game is beaned three times in a row in your game?

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by Welpe

One of my favorite movies.

Craig, regardless of where the pitches are, doesn't it seem at least somewhat odd to you that the player that caused a host of problems last game is beaned three times in a row in your game?

Welpe, it does seem odd, but I live in a part of the world where odd is normal. The abilities, or lack thereof, of the players in question, the pressure of "what happened last time," the location of the pitch, and my knowledge of the players all lead me to conclude the HBP's were not intentional - none of them.

I understand that is difficult, if not impossible, for some of you who work a different quality of baseball in a different place to believe the HBP's weren't intentional. I knew that coming into the discussion.

[SAump]

4. Pitchers who hit three (3) batters in one game must be removed from the mound and cannot return to pitch in that game.

Your league president must now decide if the rule is worth adopting or not.
I never understood why a hitter would take a HBP off the hand, wrist or elbow. I would simply tell them to raise their arm out of the way.
A batter should not be allowed to wear elbow protection. They shouldn't be taught to dig in so close, nor to accept the rewards.
Yet, it may be better not to even say anything to the players who can't get out of the way. I enjoy teasing them after the laugh.

[DG]

Adult baseball sucks, current case under discussion is example. They just can't control themselves and the league administration will not either. After 3 years of this I stopped doing adult baseball.

[UmpJM]

This is pretty much my first year of umpiring.

Being one of the "rookies" in my association, I don't get the "better" games.

Most (approx. 70%) of the games, I work solo.

Despite having read the "horror stories" on this (and other) website(s), I started signing up for some MSBL games (25+ & 38 +; 7 so far), primarily because it gave me the opportunity to work 2-man games.

So far there have been a couple of "iffy situations" in the games I've done. Not nearly as bad as I had expected.

So far.

JM

[JJ]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

Despite having read the "horror stories" on this (and other) website(s), I started signing up for some MSBL games (25+ & 38 +; 7 so far), primarily because it gave me the opportunity to work 2-man games.

So far there have been a couple of "iffy situations" in the games I've done. Not nearly as bad as I had expected.

So far.

JM

My first "adult" summer game I did the dish and had a no-hitter. Both coaches said I did a great job. Second game of that DH we had 5 ejections. I learned from BOTH situations why some coaches and players carry the title "rats".

JJ

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by SAump

4. Pitchers who hit three (3) batters in one game must be removed from the mound and cannot return to pitch in that game.

SAump,

Definately a rule that should be considered for our amateur league. However, in the case under discussion three different pitchers hit the batter.