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Glen,

I worked 7 games with Brian Shallenberger and Dora Martinez and had the pleasure of working another with Diane Beasley, out of Tenn. She is a solid official and a joy to be around.

Rachel,

We did not have an unusual number of OBS calls this weekend compared to what I've heard from the guys who worked earlier tournaments. I did notice the 1st and 2nd basemen making more of an effort to clear the bag when no pick-off throw was made. Our crew had no more than 2 or 3 warnings in 8 games.

The situation where a player straddles a bag and the runner doesn't decide to slide straight in is going to bring coaches out more often than not. But if the defender doesn't have or is not about to receive the ball, she can't dictate what part of the bag the runner can touch. The good thing about OBS is that it is still a judgement call, which makes it a little easier to deal with an unhappy head coach.

Good luck at Louisville.

[whiskers_ump]

We did not have an unusual number of OBS calls this weekend compared to what I've heard from the guys who worked earlier tournaments. I did notice the 1st and 2nd basemen making more of an effort to clear the bag when no pick-off throw was made. Our crew had no more than 2 or 3 warnings in 8 games.

Wyman,

Same thing tonight in the Alvin vs Lamar State game. Base
personnel stayed cleared when there was no apparent play to
be made. Only thing I had was a Lamar player taking a HBP
without attempting to move. I called "Dead Ball", delayed slightly
and said "Ball". Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Alvin
coach headed for plate waving her arms, as I called the batter
back to the box. She immediately sat down.

BTW, she did not mention a thing about any pitch. Lamar beat her
again 7-1. (guess she is over not keeping the high pitches)