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Forum: Baseball Mon Jun 28, 2004, 11:04am

Replies: 6 One Step Back, One Forward.... Views: 2,133 Posted By Rbn3 I was over it before I got to it! Umpires are... I was over it before I got to it! Umpires are supposed to catch the speeders, not ignore the laws. Can't stop every speeder, to be sure.

Forum: Baseball Mon Jun 28, 2004, 09:42am

Replies: 6 One Step Back, One Forward.... Views: 2,133 Posted By Rbn3 Official rules: "He shall not raise either foot... Official rules: "He shall not raise either foot from the ground, except that in his actual delivery of the ball to the batter, he may take one step backward, and one step forward with his free foot."...

Forum: Baseball Mon Jun 28, 2004, 07:21am

Replies: 6 One Step Back, One Forward.... Views: 2,133 Posted By Rbn3 This is another "technicality" that baffles me. I... This is another "technicality" that baffles me. I just spent the weekend watching 14 year olds pitch - kids on travel teams who have each played probably 50 games a year or more for five years. ...

Forum: Baseball Wed Jun 23, 2004, 05:58pm

Replies: 28 Balks and hit by batted ball... Views: 3,412 Posted By Rbn3 OK I'll beat the dead horse a little more...The... OK I'll beat the dead horse a little more...The title of the paragraph is "Legal Pitch Delivery", not "Quick Pitch". The paragraph defines, among other things, the two legal pitching deliveries, not...

Forum: Baseball Wed Jun 23, 2004, 02:27pm

Replies: 28 Balks and hit by batted ball... Views: 3,412 Posted By Rbn3 I certainly agree that the phrase "drop his... I certainly agree that the phrase "drop his hands..." comes in the context of the quick pitch rule. But elsewhere the rules are more explicit. For example, it could say "except if the pitcher throws...

Forum: Baseball Wed Jun 23, 2004, 11:53am

Replies: 28 Balks and hit by batted ball... Views: 3,412 Posted By Rbn3 Official Rules: 8.01 Legal pitching... Official Rules: 8.01 Legal pitching delivery. There are two legal pitching positions, the Windup Position and the Set Position, and either position may be used at any time. Pitchers shall take...

Forum: Baseball Wed Jun 23, 2004, 10:47am

Replies: 28 Balks and hit by batted ball... Views: 3,412 Posted By Rbn3 Another detail of the "step off" that confuses me... Another detail of the "step off" that confuses me is the "drop the hands to the sides." I see alot of 14 year old games. Many of the pitchers step back and then snap a throw to first while set or...

Forum: Baseball Tue May 18, 2004, 03:47pm

Replies: 3 Another infield fly situation... Views: 1,684 Posted By Rbn3 This one was real crazy. Bases loaded, no outs,... This one was real crazy. Bases loaded, no outs, 14 year old game being played on 60-90 varsity field. Batter hits a looper over the shortstop's head. Shortstop does not get a real good jump on it,...

Forum: Baseball Thu May 06, 2004, 05:28am

Replies: 19 contact and interference Views: 2,951 Posted By Rbn3 OBR: "Any batter or runner who has just been put... OBR: "Any batter or runner who has just been put out hinders or impedes any following play being made on a runner. Such runner shall be declared out for the interference of his team mate." A...

Forum: Baseball Tue May 04, 2004, 01:53pm

Replies: 19 contact and interference Views: 2,951 Posted By Rbn3 I was there and I can't honestly say whether the... I was there and I can't honestly say whether the kid "caught his spikes" and hit the catcher hard with his shoulder/body accidently or whether he could see that he was going to be out and did a...

Forum: Baseball Mon May 03, 2004, 09:31am

Replies: 19 contact and interference Views: 2,951 Posted By Rbn3 On the play in question the catcher was at the... On the play in question the catcher was at the plate and recived the throw from the outfield well before the contact, in time to glance at the runner going to second before the contact. That...

Forum: Baseball Sun May 02, 2004, 09:31pm

Replies: 19 contact and interference Views: 2,951 Posted By Rbn3 Runner on second with one out in a 14 year old... Runner on second with one out in a 14 year old tournament governed by "major league rules" except that sliding or "valid" attempt to avoid contact required by tournament rules. Ball is hit between...

Forum: Baseball Mon Apr 12, 2004, 05:44pm

Replies: 9 Is this a balk? Views: 1,804 Posted By Rbn3 Old in quotation marks.... is shorthand for smarter and better looking. I use it as a term of endearment.

Forum: Baseball Mon Apr 12, 2004, 05:03pm

Replies: 9 Is this a balk? Views: 1,804 Posted By Rbn3 Agreed... The same point was made by an "old" ump I talked to today. Of course, if the runner went on the "stop" a throw to second would get him easily!

Forum: Baseball Mon Apr 12, 2004, 02:44pm

Replies: 9 Is this a balk? Views: 1,804 Posted By Rbn3 OK I get it now... I can see the reasoning that the set position deals primarily with delivering pitches not throws to first. Clearly the "case law" determines application of the stature, but the "statute" plain...

Forum: Baseball Mon Apr 12, 2004, 01:42pm

Replies: 9 Is this a balk? Views: 1,804 Posted By Rbn3 Still confused on this...help!!! The situation presented here starts with the pitcher in the "set position" - by definition he has already stopped. This still defies my understanding. The very definition of the set position...

Forum: Basketball Mon Jul 14, 2003, 03:00pm

Replies: 24 off ball hand checking again Views: 5,142 Posted By Rbn3 Fronting the post... is the situation where I see the most off-ball tagging, touching etc. (But some teams also seem to be taught to keep a hand on their man in rebounding situations, as they are watching the ball and...

Forum: Basketball Sat Jul 12, 2003, 03:55pm

Replies: 24 off ball hand checking again Views: 5,142 Posted By Rbn3 Rainmaker is onto what I am asking There is, in fact, a difference in wording between the 2003-04 and 01-02 and 02-03 Points of Emphasis In 02-03 and 01-02, the section on handchecking was headed "hands off", in 03-04 it is just...

Forum: Basketball Fri Jul 11, 2003, 09:33am

Replies: 24 off ball hand checking again Views: 5,142 Posted By Rbn3 I asked this a couple of years ago, but need more... I asked this a couple of years ago, but need more advice. We now have had "hand checking" as a POE for three straight years. The use of hands "off-ball" on defense continues to be vexing to me. This...

Forum: Baseball Thu Feb 13, 2003, 12:00pm

Replies: 22 Balk from a Set or Stretch position Views: 5,073 Posted By Rbn3 I'd turn it off when I left... not simply before I came back, because by the time I got back the house might have burned down. Not trying to be a smart a##, but where can I find the official interpretation that clarifies this?

Forum: Baseball Thu Feb 13, 2003, 11:43am

Replies: 22 Balk from a Set or Stretch position Views: 5,073 Posted By Rbn3 "When the pitcher disengages the rubber, ...he must drop his hands to his sides" is the exact sentence from ORB. It says "when" he disengages, not "before he re-engages." I find you are correct in practice, since I have never seen a balk...

Forum: Baseball Thu Feb 13, 2003, 11:04am

Replies: 22 Balk from a Set or Stretch position Views: 5,073 Posted By Rbn3 What about "dropping his hands... to sides" after stepping off (as required by OBR? Sorring for the very late post - I just stumbled on this thread. I see guys interrupt their stretch by stepping back and immediately throwing to...

Forum: Basketball Thu Oct 04, 2001, 09:31pm

Replies: 23 Hand checking versus touching Views: 3,677 Posted By Rbn3 Thanks for the Good Discussion Donald Flether, a famous ethicist, wrote a book called "situation ethics". Richard Nixon invoked it to justify some questionable behavior. My kids are not bound for the NBA, but they will need to...

Forum: Basketball Thu Oct 04, 2001, 07:42am

Replies: 23 Hand checking versus touching Views: 3,677 Posted By Rbn3 I coach a 6th grade travel team and one of the... I coach a 6th grade travel team and one of the major things I'm trying to accomplish is to teach the kids the rules. I was a poor high school player many years ago in the "pre-hand check" era. I'm...

Forum: Baseball Mon Jun 11, 2001, 07:28pm

Replies: 4 11 year old legal pitch from wind-up Views: 1,290 Posted By Rbn3 We play Bronco rules. Where are the diagrams? We play Bronco rules. Where are the diagrams?

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