Forum: Baseball
Wed Oct 08, 2008, 05:42am
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I agree. Don't call a balk unless you have...
I agree. Don't call a balk unless you have observed a violation of one of the balk rules. The "intent to deceive" lets you NOT call a balk when it is clear that there was no intent to deceive. A...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri May 04, 2007, 08:43pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,028
The Officials Choice
http://www.theofficialschoice.com/
Has anyone bought from this site? They advertise on The Arbiter.
Specifically, I'm wondering about their "micro-soft" (something like that) shirts. Good...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed May 02, 2007, 05:26am
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,986
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Feb 12, 2007, 01:04pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,242
Players As Ordinary People
Nothing to do with umpiring, but last night, I watched some of a replay of Game 2 of the 1983 World Series (Phillies-Orioles). Don't remember the channel (either an ESPN channel or a local cable...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Oct 17, 2006, 06:21am
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,443
Good try Garth but you has to learn to like...
Good try Garth but you has to learn to like mismatch subjects and verbs more better also verb tenses. Good non-use of the period they is just extry stuff anyways.
My onliest advice to Dan is to...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 12:44pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,786
An Assault Is An Assault
Would you watch a grown man assault a child on the street and do nothing? Why would you do nothing here?
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Jun 18, 2006, 06:53pm
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,362
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Jun 09, 2006, 07:14am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,191
BR Steps on F3
As with anything like this, you have to try to determine the player's intent from his actions.
Several years ago I ejected a player in a men's league game because in my view, he was honked off for...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun May 28, 2006, 10:43am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,247
Uncharacteristic Civility
I want to complain about the overwhelming display of uncharacteristic civility in this string. You had a chance to turn this thread into something ugly and you blew it! We're not used to seeing...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun May 21, 2006, 07:35pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,652
Ump Clinics and/or Schools
Northern VA Umpires run a one week camp in Florida in late October or early November that concentrates on three-man mechanics. If you do ECAC ball, contact Nick Zibelli. Otherwise, John Porter at...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Mar 31, 2006, 02:16pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,287
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Mar 17, 2006, 11:39am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,051
Re: OK,
There's a rec league director in the area who is looking for some "symmetry" in this business of lifting the leg before stepping toward first. His point is that a left-handed pitcher is able to lift...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jan 16, 2006, 05:15pm
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Replies: 79
Views: 8,512
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Dec 15, 2005, 07:59am
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Replies: 53
Views: 6,464
Re: Hmmm,
Really? Not ever? What happens when the assigned plate umpire gets stuck in traffic or is otherwise delayed? Do you start the game late? Not at all? Isn't starting a game on time more important...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Nov 22, 2005, 07:27am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,579
George,
That's the way no-lines are made --...
George,
That's the way no-lines are made -- the prescription portion of the lens is shaped like an hourglass, distance at the top, near at the bottom. The result is that you have a wedge at each...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 22, 2005, 11:07pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 11,855
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 22, 2005, 10:49am
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Replies: 57
Views: 11,855
Frankly, I think GDS and "heel to toe" are...
Frankly, I think GDS and "heel to toe" are mutually exclusive.
The principal argument for a "heel to toe" stance (non-GDS) is that it makes it possible to see the pitch into the glove with both...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 15, 2005, 09:07pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 11,855
Re: The Stance
How many games during the two week study? I started using GD system at the end of the HS season in 2004 and did about 100 plate games that summer and fall. That was my evaluation period.
A...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Oct 12, 2005, 02:34pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,760
You will not make any friends with the person...
You will not make any friends with the person closest to you (the plate umpire) if you pull pitches into the strike zone, although you'll get away with it with inexperienced umpires. Umpires don't...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Oct 06, 2005, 12:48pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,499
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Oct 06, 2005, 10:58am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,499
Here in No. VA, we have a pretty full schedule...
Here in No. VA, we have a pretty full schedule until the end of October and there are still a few games a week or so into November. I have 22 games scheduled for the first half of October and would...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Oct 04, 2005, 11:00pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,099
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Aug 03, 2005, 04:55am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,355
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Jul 28, 2005, 05:11am
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,043
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 25, 2005, 06:32pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,504
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