Forum: Baseball
Tue Sep 14, 2010, 01:25pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,185
Correction
R3 advancing home. I did tell B1 to move and in the process he got into the way of F2's throw attempting to get R3. The throw was off line and probably would not have retired the runner. I called...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Sep 14, 2010, 12:17am
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,185
What Should I Have Called?
This might be a HTBT play, but I was calling a FED game last night. F1 throws a wild pitch that bounds toward the third base side on deck circle with a right handed batter at the plate. As the...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Aug 25, 2010, 01:00pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,227
Obstruction or no?
Saw this in a FED game last night. Slow ground ball to F6. Ball is going right toward R2 who "freezes" until the ball is about to hit him. He side steps and goes to third. F6, who had not been...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Apr 28, 2010, 08:48am
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,112
Dump Him
What I do in situations like this is dump the coach the first time he questions me. That way he will know that I am not taking any of his crap in the future. This works for me.
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Apr 13, 2010, 01:30pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,489
Call or not
FED game. Runner is coming home at the same time as the relay throw from
F5. For some reason, F1 is up the line about five feet in front of F2. F1 attempts to catch the throw and it glances off...
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Forum: Basketball
Thu Feb 18, 2010, 10:56am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,442
I've had it!
This week I get an email from my assignor telling me that I did not handle a situation properly. I am about to tell my assigner to stick it.
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Sep 29, 2009, 12:55pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,396
Good Coaching?
After the inning the coach of the batting team told me that he teaches his players to casually drop the bat in the direction of the ball. He said that the bat often either hits the ball or hinders...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Sep 29, 2009, 12:01pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,396
Ignore or not
FED. Batter swings at strike three in the dirt. As F2 is reaching down to pick up the ball, the now discarded bat hits the ball and knocks it a couple of feet away. F2 shifts and retrieves the...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Apr 24, 2009, 01:03pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,678
Getting Your Point Across
I had a pitcher who didn't seem to like my strike zone the other night. I called time and moved around to the plate. While cleaning the plate, I told the catcher to go tell his pitcher that if he...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Apr 24, 2009, 01:01pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,972
Mask On
I always keep my mask on when dealing with coaches. This comes into play when I sometimes "stumble" into them and bump thier nose with my mask. This usually gets them away from me in a hurry.
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 20, 2009, 01:32pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,377
Never before...
...have I seen something like this before. A5 commits her fifth foul. R reports the foul to the scorer. Upon being informed by the table that this is her fifth foul, R tells U so that he can let...
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Forum: Basketball
Tue Jan 06, 2009, 02:12pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,407
OOO Partner?
After a timeout, the team who is to throw in the ball is exiting their huddle and hustling to the spot for the throw-in. We have not had any trouble throughout the game with them taking too long. ...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Sep 30, 2008, 01:13pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,142
How to say it...
I had a play in the first inning of a game last night where a coach claimed that his player had hit the catcher's mit on his swing. When he asked my why I didn't call it, I said "he didn't hit the...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Sep 15, 2008, 01:13pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,041
I believe that the coach in his original post...
I believe that the coach in his original post stated that the umpire told him that the batter did not have to make an attempt to avoid the pitch. At this point, this call ceased to be a judgement...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 04, 2008, 09:08am
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,228
Funny
It is funny how you guys get on here and tear each other apart. Had this post been made by the coach about how the umpire told him that the call would have been different in a close game you guys...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Sep 03, 2008, 01:56pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,228
He really did say it
I was calling with an experienced guy for the first time the other day. The visiting team was winning 6-1 in the top of the seventh and attempted a squeeze play. The hitter missed the bunt and...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu May 08, 2008, 09:03am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,797
Announces
The way my partner bailed me out on this one is that I never said anything during the play. I simply pointed into foul territory. I read 5-1-1-h and it says the ball is dead when an umpire...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed May 07, 2008, 09:12am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,797
Reference
I only signaled, but the coach's point was that F7 did not make the throw home because of my signal.
Can anyone give me a reference to explain this? I would like to apologize to the coach if I...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed May 07, 2008, 08:34am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,797
Can I fix this?
FED game. R2, 1 out. B1 hits a "blooper" down the left field line. As the ball falls into fair territory close to the line I have a brain fart and signal foul. As F7 picks up the ball and starts...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Apr 22, 2008, 01:31pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,826
Arrogance
I did attempt to have a post-game talk with him, but his overwhelming arrogance would not allow him to hear anything I had to say. He is very young and inexperienced. He was in way over his head. ...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Apr 22, 2008, 12:54pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,826
How do you handle a partner like this?
This is how it started. Bases loaded with a high hopper down the third base line. F5 knocks the ball down and it goes into foul territory. I am in C. My partner signals fair and all runners move...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 15, 2008, 11:08pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,421
Sorry to ask, but...
I don't have a rulebook or casebook handy and I was not able to find an answer when I searched. What is the proper procedure after a technical foul in a FED game?
Here is what happened: A1 makes...
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Forum: Basketball
Fri Feb 01, 2008, 10:58pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,547
In the huddle
My partner entered the huddle of one of the teams at the end of the first quarter and yelled at the coaches. They were asking if a buzzer-beating shot had been a two or a three. My partner yelled,...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jan 28, 2008, 03:50pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,607
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Forum: Basketball
Mon Jan 28, 2008, 03:39pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,317
Comments to the crowd
The other night I witnessed two occasions where my partner spoke to the crowd during the game. One was after a foul call. A fan in the front row said, "Don't you guys see there are two colors out...
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