2008 NCAA Rulebook

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Have you really been giving up that 5 inches of strike zone?

I have been.

In 10U and 12U B ... and reallllllllllllllly bad NFHS games. Many of those have an additional 5 inches at the top AND the bottom AND the sides

[greymule]

Have you really been giving up that 5 inches of strike zone?

If by giving up you mean ignoring, yes, in college games. The new rule will not change the way I (or other umps I know) have been calling strikes. The NCAA practically admits that the new wording was to bring to book in line with reality.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by greymule

Have you really been giving up that 5 inches of strike zone?

If by giving up you mean ignoring, yes, in college games. The new rule will not change the way I (or other umps I know) have been calling strikes. The NCAA practically admits that the new wording was to bring to book in line with reality.

Come on, where's your spirit.

I cannot wait until a coach comes out and wants an umpire to show them where the batter's sternum is located "in his/her judgment".

Better call a lawyer before accommodating the request

[socalumps]

Originally Posted by greymule

Have you really been giving up that 5 inches of strike zone?

If by giving up you mean ignoring, yes, in college games. The new rule will not change the way I (or other umps I know) have been calling strikes. The NCAA practically admits that the new wording was to bring to book in line with reality.

Who is this "the NCAA" of which you speak?

[argodad]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

I have been.

In 10U and 12U B ... and reallllllllllllllly bad NFHS games. Many of those have an additional 5 inches at the top AND the bottom AND the sides

Nose to toes, box to box.

[greymule]

I cannot wait until a coach comes out and wants an umpire to show them where the batter's sternum is located "in his/her judgment".

I'm just thinking—I could become famous, and I wouldn't have to shoot up a shopping mall in Omaha to do it:

"You wanna know where the sternum is, Coach? OK, batter, I'll just lift your shirt a moment—right there, Coach. Tuck it in now, batter."

Last year, in a college game, when a girl trying for a double realized belatedly that the throw was coming in fast to 2B, she executed an awkward slide and sort of dropped on her rear end. She made it safely, but then she lay on the ground in pain. Her coach came out and asked her if she could wiggle her toes, etc., and she finally said, "I'm OK. It's just my butt." So I suggested to the coach that he simply "rub it" for her, and he put out his hands with wrists together as if to say, "Put the 'cuffs on."