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Forum: Baseball Thu Sep 27, 2012, 08:38pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,672
Posted By gpdeppert
Better than going down looking... BTW - what...

Better than going down looking...

BTW - what kind of engineering stories?
Forum: Baseball Sun Jul 08, 2012, 09:53pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,415
Posted By gpdeppert
Worthy of the thumb?

Bring on the robots: Zack Greinke ejected after four pitches for spiking baseball | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports...
Forum: Baseball Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:17pm
Replies: 91
Views: 9,913
Posted By gpdeppert
Is that metric?

Is that metric?
Forum: Baseball Tue Jun 12, 2012, 02:36pm
Replies: 57
Views: 7,466
Posted By gpdeppert
I hesitate to name them since they may have...

I hesitate to name them since they may have gotten their act together and this is may no longer be an issue. The quality issue was that the stitching was too far in on the "outer" color which...
Forum: Baseball Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:58am
Replies: 57
Views: 7,466
Posted By gpdeppert
I ordered some shirts and numbers from a supplier...

I ordered some shirts and numbers from a supplier and they convinced me to let them sew them on (new service). I described how my other shirts looked (distance off the shoulder, etc.) and they...
Forum: Baseball Thu Apr 05, 2012, 07:57am
Replies: 39
Views: 5,219
Posted By gpdeppert
A loud F-Bomb gets a player or coach tossed. ...

A loud F-Bomb gets a player or coach tossed. Period. 3-3-1-g-2 (NFHS). Penalty is ejection.

If it is said low enough such that only I and the catcher can hear, then I would exercise some...
Forum: Baseball Tue Apr 03, 2012, 01:59pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,198
Posted By gpdeppert
Sitch 1 : I do not see an issue. Feet did not...

Sitch 1 : I do not see an issue. Feet did not move.

Sitch 2 : I have a balk. It would seem that is purposely deceptive move. I do not have my rule book with me, but I thought he could not...
Forum: Baseball Tue Apr 03, 2012, 08:43am
Replies: 39
Views: 5,219
Posted By gpdeppert
This is the way I approach any ejection. I do...

This is the way I approach any ejection. I do not eject anyone -it is a self-inflicted wound. I just formalize.

Well said.
Forum: Baseball Tue Apr 03, 2012, 06:07am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,462
Posted By gpdeppert
Dead ball/base award question

Situation: JV game, FED Rules. Backstop has loose fencing with a wood board around the bottom. During ground rules coach points out that the ball can get caught between the wood board and fencing....
Forum: Baseball Fri Mar 09, 2012, 10:25am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,594
Posted By gpdeppert
So the fact that the pitch SKIPS does not change...

So the fact that the pitch SKIPS does not change the situation? I understand that a wild pitch remains a live ball.
Forum: Baseball Fri Mar 09, 2012, 09:05am
Replies: 37
Views: 5,749
Posted By gpdeppert
a.

a.
Forum: Baseball Fri Mar 09, 2012, 09:05am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,594
Posted By gpdeppert
Just to clarify: Catcher catches pitch in flight....

Just to clarify: Catcher catches pitch in flight. Call time - enforce balk. (Got it.)

Pitch skips in dirt BUT catcher still picks it clean - call time and enforce balk? (This is where I get fuzzy)
Forum: Baseball Fri Mar 09, 2012, 08:01am
Replies: 37
Views: 5,749
Posted By gpdeppert
Listening to those two clowns makes me long for...

Listening to those two clowns makes me long for the days of Frank Messer, Bill White (yes THAT Bill White) and, of course, Phil Rizzuto.

Waldman and Sterling are insufferable. I could understand...
Forum: Baseball Sun Feb 26, 2012, 08:20am
Replies: 33
Views: 4,874
Posted By gpdeppert
Quick question (perhaps O/T), but why the...

Quick question (perhaps O/T), but why the dis-respect of the J/R all of a sudden? I noticed that Carl Childress does not use it anymore in the BRD. It seemed to me to be a widely respected...
Forum: Baseball Sat Nov 26, 2011, 09:23pm
Replies: 35
Views: 33,357
Posted By gpdeppert
Talking Anyone else missing wood bats?

Anyone else missing wood bats?
Forum: Baseball Sat Nov 26, 2011, 06:49am
Replies: 35
Views: 33,357
Posted By gpdeppert
Agreed. It is one of the cornerstones of being...

Agreed. It is one of the cornerstones of being an official.

Now if players and coaches can just get on board.

My concern is that a coach infers that an opponent's bat has been altered and...
Forum: Baseball Fri Nov 25, 2011, 09:19am
Replies: 35
Views: 33,357
Posted By gpdeppert
This is from a 2011 NFHS Points of Emphasis memo:...

This is from a 2011 NFHS Points of Emphasis memo:

https://nfhs-baseball.arbitersports.com/Groups/105406/Library/files/POINTS%20OF%20EMPHASIS%20Press%20Release.pdf

Top of page 2. Seems pretty...
Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 25, 2011, 07:52pm
Replies: 24
Views: 4,046
Posted By gpdeppert
I never intiate that type of conversation. If I...

I never intiate that type of conversation. If I feel I missed one bad, I may give them a look maybe an eye roll, and the good ones will know. And a very good one will say nothing. When a coach...
Forum: Baseball Mon Oct 24, 2011, 08:47pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,363
Posted By gpdeppert
I read somewhere that it was good that DiMaggio...

I read somewhere that it was good that DiMaggio did not play in the television era because fans would have seen him drinking coffee and chain smoking in the dugout.
Forum: Baseball Mon Oct 24, 2011, 08:45pm
Replies: 31
Views: 7,580
Posted By gpdeppert
For me it depends on how the game went. If it...

For me it depends on how the game went. If it was "clean", then most likely everyone is just gathering equipment, shaking hands etc. and not paying attention to my partner or me. If the game were...
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