Catcher sues baserunner for collision (co-ed ball)

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by greymule

Just to clarify: fake tag and neighborhood play are the same here as in Delaware. But we don't seem to use the term phantom tag. At least I don't recall hearing it.

But here we play catch or have a catch,while in Maine they play pass and in other places they play toss.

I've also heard SP players whining, "Come on, Blue, that's a Delaware strike," but I'm not sure exactly what that means. Maybe that they think the pitch was "deep" (over the shoulder).

Any of those called with a double fist pump?

Had a neighborhood play opportunity the other day. If second base had a foot high pile of dog dung, the SS wouldn't have been able to smell it. Of course I do my dead level best, somehow remembering to do the off the base signal first before the safe signal. Amazing how when you remember to do those "other" signals (off the bag, pulled foot, etc) before the safe signal, the amount of dog dung coming from the dugout is greatly diminished -- even in men's slow pitch.

[NCASAUmp]

I'm with you on that one. I don't allow phantom tags on my field to set up a double-play. The rules say contact the bag, so touch the darned thing! This isn't the pros, you know...