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Unsporting = black sliding shorts when everyone else is wearing white. |
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We call by the rules of the association we are working for. We surely don't want to mix the groups. [example] ASA allowing 12 players on the line-up, plus subs? Utilizing last out as CR. Limiting innings pitched by a pitcher. |
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I hate being the fashion police, but I did choose to ignore this infraction for practical reasons. Still, the evaluator didn't like it. A much simpler solution than hounding players about tucking shirts in is to consider it a component in avoiding the pitch. If the batter does not have the shirt tucked in when it is required to be tucked in, and she gets hit in the shirt by a pitch, then she did not make the effort required to avoid. Simple. And, I don't have to be the arbiter of whether the uniform is being worn as designed. |
What rule set specificly says "tucking uniforms in"? Fed and Utrip speak of wearing uniforms/equipment as designed by the manufacture. Has anyone ever asked the manufactuers how they designed it? I see coaches every game wearing matching polo shirts and some have them out and others have them in ( I know thats not really a "uniform" for this discussion).
I may be wrong but I've always felt this rule was a carry over from the times when most or all womens/youth teams wore the tradtional short sleeve, button up the front shirts that MLB wears. A few teams still do (certainly at the college level) and those should be in. But the times have changed. If the UIC insists then I'll do what they say but otherwise let commen sense be the guide. |
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A. Uniforms not properly worn, such as jerseys not tucked in... B. Exposed undergarments of different colors worn by different teammates on same team. Guess we need to check for exposed bra straps...Lord forbid someone wear a black bra and someone a white bra and the straps show. |
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Happened earlier this week at the PONY Nationals. R1 at first and stealing on the pitch. I'm the PU and as the inside pitch comes in, the batter twirls to get out of the way and the ball grazes the battter's shirt that was not tucked. I call the ball dead and return R1 to first as I have a dead ball strike.
OC comes out wanting to know why I'm not awarding his batter first base and my response was: Coach, had the batter's shirt been tucked in, the ball would have been able to cross through my zone. In my judgment the pitch is a strike and the ball is dead with R1 returning to the base she occupied at the time of the pitch. As unhappy as the OC was with the call, he about blew a gasket when I refused to get help from my partner. No further issues developed. |
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