Blue glove

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by greymule

I just received an e-mail alert that the pitcher for a certain college uses a blue glove. Umpires were instructed to "correct this problem."

I thought that in NCAA, gloves could be any color except that of the ball (as in ASA), but sure enough, "the pitcher's glove may [sic] be "tan, brown, grey or black, or any combination of these colors." (Somebody should inform the NCAA that "may" and "must" have different meanings.)

Why a blue glove would be illegal when the ball is optic yellow, I don't know. But anyway, no blue gloves in NCAA.

The rules state "gloves/mitts worn by players may not be the color of the ball but may be any combination of other colors. The pitcher's glove may be tan, brown, gray or black or any combination of those colors. Glove lacing may be any color other than that of the ball."

These are the rules the coaches push for, so, when enforcing it, you may want to remind the coach of that. Why this is the rule, I don't know. However, a quick remedy would be to have the pitcher trade gloves with any of her fielders. THEY can have a blue glove by rule.

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

The pitcher's glove may be tan, brown, gray or black or any combination of those colors. Glove lacing may be any color other than that of the ball."

These are the rules the coaches push for, so, when enforcing it, you may want to remind the coach of that. Why this is the rule, I don't know. However, a quick remedy would be to have the pitcher trade gloves with any of her fielders. THEY can have a blue glove by rule.

As Scott mentions, this is NCAA rule 3.7. If the coaches don't like the enforcement, they should work on having this part of the rule changed.

[greymule]

Now one wiseguy in Jersey City has e-mailed me out of concern that our instruction "correct this problem" might be misconstrued. Up there, the phrase has a specific meaning, and it's not "switch gloves with a fielder."

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by greymule

Now one wiseguy in Jersey City has e-mailed me out of concern that our instruction "correct this problem" might be misconstrued. Up there, the phrase has a specific meaning, and it's not "switch gloves with a fielder."

Well, if he really is a "wiseguy," then I think the concept of sleeping with the fishes is a little too severe a punishment for a blue glove.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by greymule

Now one wiseguy in Jersey City has e-mailed me out of concern that our instruction "correct this problem" might be misconstrued. Up there, the phrase has a specific meaning, and it's not "switch gloves with a fielder."

You would seem to have a lot of work to do to adjust to the Southern attitude before you move to 'bama...

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

The rules state "gloves/mitts worn by players may not be the color of the ball but may be any combination of other colors. The pitcher's glove may be tan, brown, gray or black or any combination of those colors. Glove lacing may be any color other than that of the ball."

You know, the more I have thought about this after posting it this morning, the more I have found myself pondering something.

Is the NCAA implying, by this very rule, that the pitcher is not a player???

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

You know, the more I have thought about this after posting it this morning, the more I have found myself pondering something.

Is the NCAA implying, by this very rule, that the pitcher is not a player???

Some people will swear that a pitcher isn't even human and they are of a mutant breed.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

Some people will swear that a pitcher isn't even human and they are of a mutant breed.

That's funny, I've heard the same thing said about us!

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

That's funny, I've heard the same thing said about us!

I've never heard that we were mutant, however the word demented has been verbally hurled a few times.

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

I've never heard that we were mutant, however the word demented has been verbally hurled a few times.

Don't forget our visual handicap, nor our mental handicap (for those who aren't demented)...