My bi-annual ritual

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Received the FED baseball umpires manual and am just about to toss it right in the trash. When they remove the plate umpire covering third on a bases empty triple, it may get to stick around.

Rich:

The OhioHSAA is a NFHS state for baseball. I can tell you that when there is no one on base and I am the base umpire that unless I have to go out to cover a possible trapped catch, I am taking the batter/runner all of the way to third. And MTD, Jr., does it that way too when he is on the bases. Of course when we umpire together he is always behind the plate, afterall he is almost 19 years of age and he should always be behind the plate when umpiring with his old man even when we have a doubleheader, .

MTD, Sr.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The OhioHSAA is a NFHS state for baseball.

Mark, I wanted to alert you, first, to the fact that despite its pretensions the OHSAA has not yet been admitted to the union as a state.

Also, our association uses the red book, not the FED manual.

[MajorDave]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

...Of Course, when we umpire together he (MTD,Jr.) is always behind the plate, afterall he is almost 19 years of age and he should always be behind the plate when umpiring with his old man even when we have a doubleheader, .

MTD, Sr.

My son is now 22 and started umpiring when he was 19. He likes the bases and is so swift and smooth in his pivot and moving across the infield to cover a triple that I cannot compete. I like calling strikes and keeping the flow of the game moving thus we do the opposite of the DeNucci's.

I bet you truly enjoy working with your namesake. My son's name is Davis which means son of David thus he is junior without having to add the Junior.

It does my heart proud to work with him or hear commentary from others on what a good job he does as an umpire although a part of me wishes he were still playing. He was good enough but didn't have the drive to work at the game as he needed to at the next level. He developed other interests....