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Forum: Softball Fri Apr 04, 2008, 05:32pm

Replies: 10 Gpa? Views: 1,315 Posted By noobie I was at that same NUS. (Had a good time, thanks,... I was at that same NUS. (Had a good time, thanks, Metro Boston!) The reference in the 2007 ASA Umpire's Rule Book/Manual is p 199. Still waiting for my 2008 book to see if it really isn't there...

Forum: Softball Thu Nov 22, 2007, 11:33am

Replies: 38 Are you still umpiring? Views: 3,473 Posted By noobie Hopefully, next season Spent the past 18 months on the disabled list (spine). Had surgery in July. Still working my butt off in physical therapy. Actually took my first jog steps this week -- no pain!! My goal is to be...

Forum: Softball Mon Jun 26, 2006, 10:00pm

Replies: 28 Have you an out? Views: 2,719 Posted By noobie Dunno about you guys, but I gotta keep this... Dunno about you guys, but I gotta keep this simple or I'm gonna drive myself freakin' nuts. No control, no out. That goes for a catch, a tag, or a force out. I'm in trouble if I overthink this. :D

Forum: Softball Mon Jun 26, 2006, 03:37pm

Replies: 87 When do you call "Time!" Views: 7,711 Posted By noobie If this is an SP sitch... ... and you're working by the 2006 ASA book with no local overrides, point at 8-4-F(2) at your protest hearing. You're on solid ground. I've had the same thing happen, just no protests. I now warn...

Forum: Softball Sun Jun 18, 2006, 07:49am

Replies: 11 New Rule On This? Views: 1,327 Posted By noobie I have BR OUT. What's the rationale for anything... I have BR OUT. What's the rationale for anything different? ( hadta ask :p ) A force out is a force out is a force out ...

Forum: Softball Sat Jun 17, 2006, 12:40pm

Replies: 5 Batter hit by pitch?? Views: 1,302 Posted By noobie Lessons learned... I've learned this "rule" just a couple of times, but the hard way. I got (deservedly) reamed out by UIC/commissioner types. Even if your judgment call is dead wrong in the eyes of others, you have...

Forum: Softball Sat Jun 17, 2006, 12:33pm

Replies: 6 Why was the ASA adv 4th out rule changed? Views: 1,224 Posted By noobie "Only"? I don't have an ASA rule book earlier than 2005. The '05-'06 rule books both say, in 5-C: Does this rule completely exclude all other 4th out possibilities? I don't see the word "only", which...

Forum: Softball Sun Jun 11, 2006, 04:10pm

Replies: 28 ASA Slowpitch rules? Views: 5,826 Posted By noobie Same rule we have here, NDblue, except it applies... Same rule we have here, NDblue, except it applies for all games. The initial 1-1 count takes a little getting used to ... it hangs me up the first couple games of every season ... I have to remember...

Forum: Softball Wed Jun 07, 2006, 08:46am

Replies: 1 Jeopardy to whom? Views: 1,146 Posted By noobie Jeopardy to whom? I'm scratching my head over an ASA example sitch & ruling. Looking for a little experience to point me in the right direction. In this play...

Forum: Softball Tue Jun 06, 2006, 01:20pm

Replies: 24 Retroactive Interference? Views: 2,028 Posted By noobie 2006 ASA Rule Book Change Far be it from me to correct anyone (this isn't a correction, really), but the 2006 rule book (ASA 8-7.J(1)) clarifies this one: "(1) With a fielder attempting to field a batter fair ball or a foul...

Forum: Softball Tue May 30, 2006, 04:42pm

Replies: 22 TWP - 2 on same base (ASA) Views: 1,901 Posted By noobie Laughing my *** off :D Laughing my *** off :D

Forum: Softball Tue May 30, 2006, 04:24pm

Replies: 6 Injury Views: 1,254 Posted By noobie Aw, man ... What Ernie said. Follow your doc's instructions. Recovery can be a real drag, especially if you don't do what your doc says to do. I'm just getting over a spinal injury ... have been on injured...

Forum: Softball Thu Apr 13, 2006, 11:43pm

Replies: 3 Unreported substitute Views: 1,363 Posted By noobie 2005-06 Casebook says.... Play 4.6-10 in the 2005-2006 Casebook is the closest thing to this, but it's a lot more complex ... more runners, missed base, more corrections to make, followed by a dead ball appeal after the...

Forum: Softball Thu Apr 13, 2006, 11:11pm

Replies: 14 What Should I Have Done Here? Views: 1,234 Posted By noobie Silence isn't always golden I'll do it without hesitiation. I'll say something the first time like "uhh, you're just a little close to that hitter. You might wanna back up an inch or two", and the second time, "I've seen too...

Forum: Softball Wed Aug 24, 2005, 08:31am

Replies: 7 Ball Hits Runner?????????????? Views: 1,457 Posted By noobie Thank you, Mike. There it be :) Thank you, Mike. There it be :)

Forum: Softball Tue Aug 23, 2005, 12:54pm

Replies: 7 Ball Hits Runner?????????????? Views: 1,457 Posted By noobie Thank you, greymule. I never managed to make any... Thank you, greymule. I never managed to make any sense out of EFFECT 3, 8.1-E (poorly worded? Or is my organic rule interpreter busted?). Where'd you come up with the "behind/in front of the...

Forum: Softball Tue Aug 23, 2005, 09:59am

Replies: 7 Ball Hits Runner?????????????? Views: 1,457 Posted By noobie ASA 8.8-D: To be "not out", requires that the... ASA 8.8-D: To be "not out", requires that the ball have passed an infielder, no distinction whether on base or not when the runner is hit by a fair batted ball. (Ball is still live by default.) ...

Forum: Softball Sun Aug 14, 2005, 02:54pm

Replies: 11 Old WIves' Tale? Rule Book on the Field? Views: 1,499 Posted By noobie I love this board Thanks, everybody. I knew I'd get great pearls of wisdom out of my question. 0&2, Mike: Those are a couple of motivations for my packing a book, too. (a) For my own reinforcement, after the game...

Forum: Softball Sat Aug 13, 2005, 11:06am

Replies: 11 Old WIves' Tale? Rule Book on the Field? Views: 1,499 Posted By noobie This question is more out of curiosity than... This question is more out of curiosity than anything else. I keep reading (here and elsewhere) advice to umpires to never bring a rule book onto the field. I think I understand the reasons why we...

Forum: Softball Fri Aug 05, 2005, 04:06pm

Replies: 7 Position on plays at the plate Views: 1,847 Posted By noobie Erps ... guess I could read the topic, huh? Heh. Long day, apologies. I'd focused on Mike's remark about trailing the runner from the HZ, and was thinking about a sitch that had happened to me down the 1B line. It had NOTHING to do with this...

Forum: Softball Fri Aug 05, 2005, 11:37am

Replies: 7 Position on plays at the plate Views: 1,847 Posted By noobie I get stuck on this much more often than I'd like... I get stuck on this much more often than I'd like in a single ump situation, and I've been considering it a fault in my mechanics; yet another bad habit I'm trying to break. I hate making those kinds...

Forum: Softball Wed Aug 03, 2005, 07:18pm

Replies: 11 Double First Base Views: 1,535 Posted By noobie I had to make a similar call yesterday. The... I had to make a similar call yesterday. The batted ball first bounced just inside fair territory about 2 feet short of 1B, then bounded over the double base. It looked to me like the ball bounded...

Forum: Softball Wed Aug 03, 2005, 07:05pm

Replies: 13 My 1st Review Views: 2,130 Posted By noobie I do what azbigdawg says, and I get the same kind... I do what azbigdawg says, and I get the same kind of review. But like Alameda says, even the vets aren't a good example. The vets I have to watch just pretty much stand there, upright,...

Forum: Softball Wed Aug 03, 2005, 05:07pm

Replies: 15 slow pitch strike zone Views: 13,426 Posted By noobie When it calls "ILLEGAL PITCH", I'm quitting... When it calls "ILLEGAL PITCH", I'm quitting :)

Forum: Softball Tue Aug 02, 2005, 03:40pm

Replies: 15 slow pitch strike zone Views: 13,426 Posted By noobie Amen. I called my first two years long ago in a... Amen. I called my first two years long ago in a league that used the mat. I hated it then, and I hate it even worse now. I've had all sorts of bad habits to break this year. It seems that most SP...

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