First one for the year

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Wait 'til next year when they switch to BBCOR bats. College players hate them. That obnoxious ping is gone. It's a beautiful thing.

There wasn't a single BBCOR bat in either dugout. Getting all the good out of BESR that they can

[DG]

What BBCOR bats has to do with this sit is beyond me.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by DG

What BBCOR bats has to do with this sit is beyond me.

It has nothing to do with my point about runners "must" slide. I think dash was just commenting on the multiple HRs and the 32 runs scored.

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by DG

What BBCOR bats has to do with this sit is beyond me.

11 home runs in 2 games.

[UmpJM]

Darien,

So, could you paraphrase the "He's gotta' slide" discussion with the coach? I always enjoying hearing how they "frame" their argument.

Plus, I'm just envious. My first game isn't scheduled until 3/24 - and I'm just hopeful that all of the snow will have melted by then.

JM

[ManInBlue]

Well I kinda gave most of what I heard. I wasn't involved with the discussion. He pretty much was adamant that the runner had to slide bye claims it's in the book. Like I said, I heard him after he went back to the dug out "asking" what rule book we were playing by. That's not much info but it all I know.

I don't want to make you feel worse about waiting to start but my first games were on a beautiful Saturday at the end of February. This was my fourth date!! Not all of them have been warm and I doubt all of the rest of them will be either. Gotta love the weather in MS.

[IowaMike]

If you expect coaches to know the rules you'll usually be sadly disappointed. Guess "he has to slide" is another one of those urban legends in baseball rules along with the hand is part of the bat etc.

I'm a little jealous too; the high school season here doesn't start until the last week of May.

[dash_riprock]

Did the runner attempt to avoid the catcher, assuming he had an opportunity to do so?

[rcaverly]

Originally Posted by IowaMike

Guess "he has to slide" is another one of those urban legends in baseball rules along with the hand is part of the bat etc.

I have it as myth #20: "The runner must always slide when the play is close."

The myth "the hands are part of the bat" is number one by all a long shot, and has been heard at every level of ball from sandlot to the show.

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by IowaMike

I'm a little jealous too; the high school season here doesn't start until the last week of May.

Finished up last tourney Saturday. District starts Friday in Texas. Basketball playoffs finished so some of the better pitchers and infielders will start playing BB. In small schools, there are a lot of two and three sport players.

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by IowaMike

If you expect coaches to know the rules you'll usually be sadly disappointed.

Got that right. Which is all the better reason to not be cutesy, toss one liners or lecture them on constitutional rights; most of the time, all that does is make them look and feel stupid - it makes the official look like a jester - which is the last thing a rules uneducated coach wants, regardless of whether he is or not an idiot.

Calmly listen, correct with short, distinct rules or related information, listen a little more, answer appropriately, end the discussion while moving off. Professional, precise, everybody should be satisfied.