Taking Helmet Off

[danreeves1973]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

And you don't? What are you some kind of commie or something?

Next you'll try to tell me that the hands aren't part of the bat and that you can slide into first base. What other myths don't you believe in?

well I was recently chastised severely for my ignorance by a coworker and baseball coach who swore up and down that squaring around to bunt, in and of itself, was enough to be a strike, even if the batter made no attempt at it and the ball was 5 feet overhead. He just shook his head in disbelief when I claimed that there was no height requirement on an infield fly or a time requirement for the stop on a pitcher throwing from the stretch.

and no, we weren't talking NCAA on the bunt.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by danreeves1973

well I was recently chastised severely for my ignorance by a coworker and baseball coach who swore up and down that squaring around to bunt, in and of itself, was enough to be a strike, even if the batter made no attempt at it and the ball was 5 feet overhead. He just shook his head in disbelief when I claimed that there was no height requirement on an infield fly or a time requirement for the stop on a pitcher throwing from the stretch.

and no, we weren't talking NCAA on the bunt.

Reminds me of the time (1988) I was involved in a traffic accident while on my way to my game. It was a Colt game (serious business in this league) and my girlfriend tried to go through a yellow and nailed a car turning left. Needless to say I was late for the game, arriving in the bottom of the second.

Right off the bat, I had an Infield Fly situation and the ball was hit into short left field. It was hit very high and F6 was camping out under it, so at the apex of the ball's flight, I called and signaled IF.

The offensive coach went ballistic and came out on me. He was screaming that "it can't be an infield fly because it's out on the outfield grass! It has to be inside the dirt." I assured him that he was wrong, and that as long as an infielder can catch the ball with ordinary effort, that as long as it is in fair territory it doesn't matter where the ball is.

He didn't agree, made a big fuss, and managed to get the crowd all over my a$s too. They kept hollering things like, "why did you even bother to show up," and other funny stuff like that. He stopped just shy of getting run, but the damage was already done, thanks to my late arrival I was persona non grata.

This is the game where this drunk old lady came up to us after the game demanding to know our names and my partner didn't miss a beat and said "I'm Doug Harvey, H-A-R-V-E-Y." To which I added, "and my name is Harry Wendelstedt, would you like me to spell that?"