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Old Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:16pm
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The Joys of JV
(Bit of a rant thread here....indulge me) I worked a JV game between two inner-city schools. It was single-man, but at this level I don't mind. Not much happens....oh wait: yes it does! I made calls tonight for rules that I've never had to invoke in all my time umpiring.
  • "Triple play" on a fly ball with the based loaded: Fly ball is caught, R3 is picked off at 3B for leaving before the ball was touched, and R1 rounds 2B and heads for third while R2 is slowly tagging up at 2. Never called a runner out for passing a lead runner before.
  • Batter-runner interference on a D3K. She picked up the ball and handed it to F2. Never called that before.
  • Batter interference on a play at the plate on a passed ball. Never called that before.
  • BR advances to 3B on an infield hit followed by a poor catch attempt by F3. Ball gets away and rolls to RF. BR gets to 3B and decides she must have been out. Coach grabs her on her way to the dugout and sends her back to 3B. BR is out for coach's assistance...never called that before.
  • F9 scoops up a ball with her hat: 3 base award for detached equipment. Never called that before.
  • This one's on me, as I missed it at the plate meeting: Coach tries to sub #1 for #1. Duplicate numbers on the lineup card...had to fix it and give the coach a warning. Neither player was actually wearing #1. Never had that before.

We played 3 complete innings in 1 hour 45 minutes (local JV time limit). Home team won 23-14. Yuck.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 07:39am
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Thanks for the laugh. I can visualize the game completely based on your description.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 09:28am
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I might use those in a clinic or class.

Of course a few of those are at least partly familiar. Must be my longer experience.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:47am
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They should all be out from running the bases in reverse order
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 12:32pm
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....and you didn't have a partner to share all this joy with.....
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:54pm
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....and you didn't have a partner to share all this joy with.....
I guess that's what I get when I contact the HS office for a last-minute assignment. My JC games up north yesterday were cancelled due to snow.

Also, my protective equipment earned its keep last night. Everywhere that had gear got hit, and I do mean everywhere. Luckily, I didn't get hit anywhere that there wasn't gear.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 04:30pm
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Well hopefully my schedule gets better, first 3 scheduled games are all JV. The first one was miserable, neither pitcher was even close to being legal and there was nothing they could do to get legal for the game. They simply were not pitchers and had been thrown out there with no instruction.

Hopefully todays wont be as bad as Mondays.
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Old Thu Mar 01, 2018, 11:30am
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Well hopefully my schedule gets better, first 3 scheduled games are all JV. The first one was miserable, neither pitcher was even close to being legal and there was nothing they could do to get legal for the game. They simply were not pitchers and had been thrown out there with no instruction.
Which is why some JV games need coaches more than they need umpires.
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Old Thu Mar 01, 2018, 11:42am
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Wink Which is why
most JV and other lower, developmental games, need a LOT more coaches who are either much better at coaching, or much better at herding cats.
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Old Fri Mar 02, 2018, 08:32pm
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Which is why some JV games need coaches more than they need umpires.
Had a JV game years ago where the visiting team didnt have a coach till almost the beginning of the season. Poor kid they brought in as I think was a relief pitcher, pitched a ball that went over the backstop(cleared it by a few feet). Didn't help it was 40* that day.
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Old Wed Mar 07, 2018, 07:39am
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(Bit of a rant thread here....indulge me) I worked a JV game between two inner-city schools. It was single-man, but at this level I don't mind. Not much happens....oh wait: yes it does! I made calls tonight for rules that I've never had to invoke in all my time umpiring.
  • "Triple play" on a fly ball with the based loaded: Fly ball is caught, R3 is picked off at 3B for leaving before the ball was touched, and R1 rounds 2B and heads for third while R2 is slowly tagging up at 2. Never called a runner out for passing a lead runner before.
  • Batter-runner interference on a D3K. She picked up the ball and handed it to F2. Never called that before.
  • Batter interference on a play at the plate on a passed ball. Never called that before.
  • BR advances to 3B on an infield hit followed by a poor catch attempt by F3. Ball gets away and rolls to RF. BR gets to 3B and decides she must have been out. Coach grabs her on her way to the dugout and sends her back to 3B. BR is out for coach's assistance...never called that before.
  • F9 scoops up a ball with her hat: 3 base award for detached equipment. Never called that before.
  • This one's on me, as I missed it at the plate meeting: Coach tries to sub #1 for #1. Duplicate numbers on the lineup card...had to fix it and give the coach a warning. Neither player was actually wearing #1. Never had that before.

We played 3 complete innings in 1 hour 45 minutes (local JV time limit). Home team won 23-14. Yuck.
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