nobody called timeout!!!

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by rei

And by the way, our commissioner here is a 40 year umpire veteran, past PAC-10 umpires, and current PAC-10 evaluator, and is the one that told me years ago "Don't kill the ball to clean the plate numbnutz. Let your partner keep an eye on things".

Also ask your partner to remove the white thing from your orfice while telling the defensive coach his team has to be more cognizant of what is happening, yea right!!! (Thats truly having your partner cover your rear end)

Bob, when I stated that we would instruct our players to head for home when the ump was dusting the plate , they were 17-18 yrs olds, not LL.
Yes that meant we had Smitty's doing our game. For the most part though, there are a lot more smitty games out there than the high level games were things like this, generally don't happen like this. And those situations should also be covered.

For the most part though I agree, calling time should be kept to a minimum and a brush of the foot can be just as effective at times. But to say that this works all the time for all levels, is just NOT true.

If there is one thing for sure, always expect the unexpected.