Blue glove
 

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.

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.

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. :eek:

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

Good thing my daughters are in T-ball. The six year old has a blue/black glove that lights up when she catches the ball and the 4 year old has a glove that is 2 shades of purple with "Cat" written in the pocket. :D

Good point, while you are at it, work on may/might as well. :(

Oh, never mind, there we go again expecting educational organizations to be educated. ;) :o

I was going to say stop picking on my mother's home town, but maybe that is why she left. :eek:

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??? :D

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!

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Oh, never mind, there we go again expecting educational organizations to be educated. ;) :o

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My 8th grade son just received an award for acedemic excellence. Seems he outscored most students on the PSAT exam.

They mailed him another certificate later (we actually didn't get the first, didn't go to the board meeting). It seems they had to mail the other students a new certificate as well, "Scholar" was misspelled on the original awards of "Acedemic Excellence"!

A couple of decades ago, a rather infamous billboard advertisement for the National Federation of Teachers depicted a deeply involved teacher standing in front of a class full of interested pupils, several with their hands raised, eager to be called on.

The caption for this picture: "Teachers—Our Dedication Has Never Waivered"

"Acedemic Excellence" (?!)

Scholar wasn't all they misspelled.

I do a lot of medical editing. The most common misspelling of a medical field involves eye doctors. Without looking it up, can you spell the formal name for an eye doctor?

Caption for a full-page color ad in the New York Times Magazine a few years ago: "Changing Her Mind Is a Woman's Perogative"

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)...