2018 USA Umpire Exam

[Tru_in_Blu]

I get that everything can't be in the rule book. Just like all the things that umpires shouldn't do can't be in the Umpire Manual. (My favorite is the umpire that tells the pitcher all the details after a mid-inning pitching change. And points to every base where a runner is standing. )

But every test question typically has a reference attached on the answer sheet(s). I can't believe they would cite a Rules & Clarification reference from about 8 years ago. There has to be something more concrete than that. (And I think concrete would be ruled a foreign substance. )

[RKBUmp]

The rule reference on the test will probably be exactly the same as referenced in the clarification, 6-6A. The rule book is not the only source of information when taking the test, the case book, rule supplements and clarifications all give information on how the written rules are to be applied.

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

I get that everything can't be in the rule book. Just like all the things that umpires shouldn't do can't be in the Umpire Manual. (My favorite is the umpire that tells the pitcher all the details after a mid-inning pitching change. And points to every base where a runner is standing. )
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I believe a visual is required with the verbal outs and count so that also has to signaled with the hands as you tell them. Insert emoticon.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by umpjim

I believe a visual is required with the verbal outs and count so that also has to signaled with the hands as you tell them. Insert emoticon.

Roger that! If'n I knew how to post a picture, I'd put some up here.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by umpjim

I believe a visual is required with the verbal outs and count so that also has to signaled with the hands as you tell them. Insert emoticon.

What verbal outs?

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

What verbal outs?

The few dinosaurs I have seen that "brief the pitcher" gesture the outs and count as they tell the pitcher the same and then point to the runners at the bases as they tell them the same.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by umpjim

The few dinosaurs I have seen that "brief the pitcher" gesture the outs and count as they tell the pitcher the same and then point to the runners at the bases as they tell them the same.

This year in HS, I had the bases for my next to last game of the year, this was a middle school game with two decent teams, and during the plate conference, my partner - relatively new - decides to give a good 30-45 second lecture n how he's seen way too much obstruction this year, and on and on, while I am doing my best acting job, trying not to look shocked....