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Forum: Baseball Mon Sep 24, 2001, 05:38pm

Replies: 6 help droped 3rd strike Views: 1,901 Posted By Brent McLaren Score the strike out swinging or looking. If... Score the strike out swinging or looking. If the runner reaches you score it either a WP or and PB. There are then numerous situations that will come to mind ... scoring a "catcher blocks the...

Forum: Baseball Tue Aug 21, 2001, 08:33am

Replies: 20 Little League Baseball Views: 5,300 Posted By Brent McLaren Mandatory Play has damaged Little League to a... Mandatory Play has damaged Little League to a higher extent then any actions by that manager. Each year multiple thousands of worthy players are not practising, not travelling and not "getting...

Forum: Baseball Wed Jul 18, 2001, 09:39am

Replies: 14 News: Umpires complain of pressure -- from owners Views: 2,306 Posted By Brent McLaren A bad pitcher on a 10" mound is still a bad... A bad pitcher on a 10" mound is still a bad pitcher on a 12" mound. That is why they did not raise the mound. Watching pitchers from "A" and "AA" clubs getting called up to make their MLB debut,...

Forum: Baseball Tue Jun 05, 2001, 07:56am

Replies: 5 Three Foot Running Lane Views: 2,141 Posted By Brent McLaren Yes, there must be a proper throw to retire the... Yes, there must be a proper throw to retire the runner, but there are even finer lines to draw ... As you describe the play, the runner would only be out of the lane while his left foot is on the...

Forum: Baseball Tue May 22, 2001, 10:01am

Replies: 8 Obstruction? F5 plants foot on inside corner of bag, won't move for a runner Views: 1,895 Posted By Brent McLaren We had a first baseman who regularly used this... We had a first baseman who regularly used this routine. I also regularly called him on obstruction and numerous times had the same discussion with his manager. I constantly pointed out how...

Forum: Baseball Mon Apr 09, 2001, 01:23pm

Replies: 19 Pitching from the wind-up Views: 4,637 Posted By Brent McLaren The pitcher has attained no advantage. There... The pitcher has attained no advantage. There is nothing to call, unless someone wants to split hairs, and then there can be tons of violations to call. No call. Anything else isn't really...

Forum: Baseball Thu Apr 05, 2001, 09:51am

Replies: 7 Dropped third strike; phantom tag? Views: 1,863 Posted By Brent McLaren There is always the "That's nothing" vocal signal... There is always the "That's nothing" vocal signal and a smallish "safe" visual signal. It might be better then "no tag" which would be confusing to the batter who thinks he was legally tagged. ...

Forum: Baseball Wed Mar 28, 2001, 02:36pm

Replies: 2 News: Umpires Progress Report on New Zone Views: 1,533 Posted By Brent McLaren I've watched as many games as I could this spring... I've watched as many games as I could this spring and have seen little or no evidence of the "new" zone. In fact, for some umpires their zone is as low, and as wide as ever. For all the flurry,...

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