Forum: Baseball
Mon Dec 12, 2005, 11:06pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,372
2005 NCAA Baseball Division 1 Championship ...
2005 NCAA Baseball Division 1 Championship
Game Officials Manual
6.11 Getting the call right
The first requisite of an umpire is to ultimately get all decisions correct. Umpire pride is...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Dec 02, 2005, 03:18pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,646
Kaliix:
Like Sal said, we have to get the...
Kaliix:
Like Sal said, we have to get the call right. If youre not 100% sure of your call then go to your partner for help no matter how the coach asks you to (the reaction from the coaches and...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 30, 2005, 06:10pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,449
GB:
Put words in your mouth? I was just...
GB:
Put words in your mouth? I was just stating my opinion, if you feel that I was attacking you or trying to put words in your mouth then you have issues that go beyond my post.
I wasn't...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 30, 2005, 02:34pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,449
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 30, 2005, 01:40pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,449
Old school guys might say that you don't say...
Old school guys might say that you don't say anything until asked. That's the way it has been for about 10,000 years BUT now things are changing. Umpire clinics are teaching that IF you have...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Nov 17, 2005, 05:46pm
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Replies: 207
Views: 18,074
Steve,
If there's a question as to how a...
Steve,
If there's a question as to how a rule should be applied how is it decided in the leagues you work in? If each umpire decides for themselves and comes up with different applications, I can...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Nov 17, 2005, 12:49pm
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Replies: 207
Views: 18,074
Who knows "WHEN" or "IF" any of the...
Who knows "WHEN" or "IF" any of the interpretations/rulings wil be incorporated into the rule book(s).... until they are......
Because the various rule books are, in places, confusing (to say the...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Nov 17, 2005, 11:57am
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rich Ives
BRD -...
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rich Ives
BRD - very first item.
FED - "During a live ball appeal the defense must make a verbal appeal unless 'a play by its very nature is imminent and obvious to...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Nov 17, 2005, 09:51am
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 16, 2005, 09:14pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
PWL,
You are 100% correct and believe it or...
PWL,
You are 100% correct and believe it or not that's what I was saying in my last post, in a less direct way than you. I was just pointing out that 8.2.3 & 8.4.2 were for entirely different...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 16, 2005, 04:53pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
Steve,
Thanks for the response.
I see...
Steve,
Thanks for the response.
I see the 8.2.3 ruling as an entirely different situation from 8.4.2. While they both deal with a missed base 8.2.3 is talking about 1B in particular, and...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 16, 2005, 12:40pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
I guess that I am just getting old.... I can't...
I guess that I am just getting old.... I can't seem to find the requirement for a verbal appeal on a live-ball. I must be missing something since most of you say that it is required.
When I look...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Nov 16, 2005, 10:10am
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
Bob:
I agree that the "accidental appeal"...
Bob:
I agree that the "accidental appeal" should be removed or changed but it hasn't been so we are obligated to call our games per the book.
I read further in the case book, as you suggested,...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Nov 15, 2005, 08:45pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Nov 15, 2005, 08:29pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,434
FED Standard Rule 8-2 Penalty (Art 1-5) states...
FED Standard Rule 8-2 Penalty (Art 1-5) states in part:
"A live-ball appeal may be made by a defensive player with the ball in his possession by tagging the runner or touching the base that was...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Nov 14, 2005, 06:46pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,732
This is a joke right?
Maybe, for health's...
This is a joke right?
Maybe, for health's sake, Stuart Bechman should not watch baseball.
I wonder if:
* The batter just looks up, does that upset Stuart Bechman?
* The batter points the bat...
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Forum: Softball
Mon Nov 14, 2005, 06:28pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,442
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Forum: Softball
Fri Nov 11, 2005, 12:26am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,633
*** Leaving early on a caught flyball is an...
*** Leaving early on a caught flyball is an appeal play. So NO, you don't kill the ball and call the runner out. You try to hide your grin as you wait to see how closely the defense is paying...
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Forum: Softball
Thu Nov 10, 2005, 10:07pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,633
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Forum: Softball
Thu Nov 10, 2005, 03:18pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,633
I need guidance (ASA rules) - You see a base...
I need guidance (ASA rules) - You see a base runner leave early.
Is this an automatic out or an appeal?
If it's an automatic out how do you handle it?
Would you call them out following the...
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Forum: Softball
Wed Nov 09, 2005, 01:43pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,373
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Forum: Softball
Mon Nov 07, 2005, 05:57pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,373
Umpire judgement call -
The umpire must...
Umpire judgement call -
The umpire must have felt that when the 2nd baseman whacked his fist into his glove it deceived the baserunner into believing that he had caught the ball. The umpire must...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Oct 31, 2005, 10:06am
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,938
Indicator: To use or not to use, that is the...
Indicator: To use or not to use, that is the question.
I'm a user, both as a PU and a BU. I have been using one for so long (I'm an old guy) that I rarely notice it. I remember the counts (most of...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Oct 19, 2005, 09:09am
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,653
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Forum: Softball
Mon Oct 10, 2005, 01:21pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,462
I'm new to slowpitch softball and need...
I'm new to slowpitch softball and need clarification in regards to an ASA interference ruling.
I had R1 heading into 2B and F6 running toward 2B (with the ball). They arrived at about the same...
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