Forum: Baseball
Fri Sep 10, 2010, 06:03pm
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Replies: 120
Views: 14,021
Ooops!
UTT be a little careful . . . here in Portland last summer we had one of our better college umpires work more than 25 games in the PCL . . . and that's AAA level baseball.
I also know of a few...
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Forum: General / Off-Topic
Wed Sep 08, 2010, 04:01pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,873
NFHS Participation Sports Survey
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 8, 2010) — Participation in high school sports increased for the 21st consecutive school year in 2009-10, eclipsing the 7.6 million mark for the first time.
Based on...
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Forum: Football
Thu Sep 02, 2010, 06:31pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,123
~Sigh~
If you are the WH then nut up and take charge of the situation.
Run your crew Rev.
T
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Aug 26, 2010, 08:08am
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,264
Hey,
Rich, I cannot make up my mind about her:
Is she:
1) The Best Looking Ugly Woman in the World or,
2) The Ugliest Best Looking Woman in the World?
T
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 24, 2010, 08:00am
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,253
Wow
Short memories here.
For many years MLB PU wore whatever they wanted and the BUs had to be coordinated.
If what some of you say (in your neck of the woods) if on a cool day the PU wanted to...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Aug 18, 2010, 11:14am
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Replies: 47
Views: 6,462
Hmm,
While not the final word:
The NTSB and the NBA did studies that document that the human mind cannot comprehend activites that occur within .03th of a second of each other.
So when a call is "to...
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Forum: Lacrosse
Tue Aug 17, 2010, 02:35pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,791
NFHS Lacrosse Rules Changes
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 17, 2010) — The definition of an illegal body check in high school boys lacrosse widens next season to include initiating contact directly to an opponent’s head or initiating...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Aug 04, 2010, 12:50pm
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Replies: 96
Views: 11,467
Well,
Actually, I have NO IDEA what this statement means.
T
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 03, 2010, 03:13pm
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Replies: 96
Views: 11,467
Hmm,
Why does there need to be some type of nefarious reason for the OP.
I thought it was a rather mudane topic that would roll over and die quickly.
I did have a reason for asking the question:
...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Jul 28, 2010, 03:28pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,938
Ahem
Not quite right.
When he separates he then balks for failing to deliver the pitch to the plate. It is also an illegal disengagement. The only thing it isn't is distance and direction.
Small...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Jul 25, 2010, 12:51pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,403
Hmmm,
Everything posted by Ozzy, mbyron and dash makes perfect sense in MLB.
There is no way the video shows a complete stop (not good enough detail without filling in your own opinion).
This would...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 19, 2010, 03:52pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,237
Well,
Modern designed chest protectors are made to end just below your sternum.
That is why they are called "chest protectors" NOT "belly protectors."
The chest protector "engineers" of the world...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 19, 2010, 12:12pm
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Replies: 96
Views: 11,467
How about an opinion:
OK, let's build a system of evaluation for umpires (that work games with non-professional players).
Question #1:
Would you want to give coaches formal input on an umpire's evaluation?
T
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Jul 01, 2010, 10:14pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,174
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Jul 01, 2010, 10:11pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,461
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Jun 09, 2010, 08:01am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,444
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Jun 03, 2010, 08:10am
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,618
~Sigh~
99% of you are too young to remember the following:
In the early 1960's pitcher Stan Williams had a strange mastery over the vaunted New York Yankees.
The Yankees could barely place wood to...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed May 26, 2010, 02:54pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,455
Well,
After a consideable bevy of games I find the following:
1) Balls 'often' are hit late in the process and many, many times I have had those balls spin forward into fair territory (with out...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat May 22, 2010, 04:21pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,383
~Sigh~
As I have said so many times before:
An umpire that claims you cannot call a checked (unchecked) swing from "inside" either does not understand the checked/unchecked swing rule or does not have...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed May 19, 2010, 11:40am
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,447
Hmm,
As I noted (poorly, I admit) a pick off at first base is DIFFERENT.
We know that there have been conflicting definitions of "imminet" betwix levels of baseball.
Some codes says, on a play at...
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Forum: Hockey
Wed May 19, 2010, 10:37am
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,187
NFHS Ice Hockey Rules Changes
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 19, 2010) — As it has done with all National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) sports, the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has drafted new language...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue May 18, 2010, 02:02pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,447
~Sigh~
Actually Big jicecone is correct.
Both NCAA and OBR have the umpire judge if a play is imminet.
Professional manuals even define the parameters around "imminet."
We know that NCAA redefined...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon May 17, 2010, 03:18pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,447
Gosh,
Over the last ten or so years on this Board we have discussed this statement over-and-over.
As an experienced umpire (and instructor) I teach NOT to say this statement. It sounds like two 10...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon May 17, 2010, 03:12pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,427
Well,
Rules reference please.
An umpire can determine if something is a distraction.
That is all you need to worry about.
When asking, and answering questions, it is best to reference the rules...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon May 17, 2010, 10:31am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,015
Hmmm,
Kevin:
I think you are jumping to conclusions.
You are calling umpires cheaters that have faster games than you. This is balderdash!
Varsity games in the Metro Area of Portland seldom run...
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