Ouch!! PU in the IN/OH game (11th inning) gets knocked over by the catcher on a foul pop.

Earlier in the game there was a near collision. The PU has a bad habit of looking up for the ball instead of watching the catcher.

Of course, his partners were probably saying that taking them 11 innings, he deserved to get knocked on his tail :D

And, as usual, the visiting team has decided to have a season-making inning and put up 7 runs.

I saw that, it looked quite...painful. It also looked like the catcher might've given him some assistance on his way down. :D

Fortunately it seems he is OK. It also served as an important lesson to read the catcher, open the gate and let him/her take you to the ball.

Agreed. Low strike zone and that might be a result of working a lot of baseball and not a lot of upper level softball.

That is the kind of game I always get in finish the inning timed games.:D

Wait a minute, those games are not taking place here.:D

Nor are they at Hess Field in State College, PA!

Lower, slower DE where you either grow corn, alfalfa or chickens!

Nothing wrong with any of that.

Really? Last year the Dept. of Homeland Security targeted propane as a possible terrorist target. That means they were in Sussex County, DE since that is one of the largest chicken farm areas in the country. Since propane is used to heat the coops, it was deemed a possible target.

http://www.dpichicken.org/index.cfm?...details&id=290

Your tax dollars at work!

Other than the kitchen timer on the fence, this has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves.

Especially when they interrupt an at bat to do that, as in a stolen base.

LOL:D

Work with a blue who is rock solid. But he does the interrupt the game thing always.

Here's a recent example. I'm PU. He's BU. 14 U Championship game of the Association. R1 on 2b,R2 on 1B. 2-2 count on batter. Ball in the dirt. Both runners steal. Now we have full count, runners on 2b & 3B. Full count,1 run game 7th inning....The tension is thick, everybody at the complex is watching the game. I hear a big "TIME". So we stop play,I'm wondering does my partner have something......He does-he runs across the diamond to clean 1B off. I laugh inside. He is also pretty slow about his janitorial duties.Lots of grumbling from the peanut gallery. I'm quietly amazed and amused by it all. So we wait for him, I kid you not it takes about a minute from "TIME" to him getting back into position in the C slot.....

I ask him about it. The "man" who does the college hiring around here wants squeaky clean bases and so it is....:rolleyes:

I guess it's in Rome do as the Romans do thing......

And Shoeless Joe retrieves the home runs at the end of the night.

Got to love the shout out for Nittany Lion Country!!

And before anyone starts, the "squad" in town will NOT be contending.

So, this is an NCAA thing? :rolleyes:

NO, Emily says, if you can see (some of) it, it is clean enough. The players know where the bases are so don't hold up a game unless absolutely necessary and never stop a game (eg. sit above) unless it is buried.

Funny you would say that. The NCAA coordinator around here insists it is an ASA thing.:D :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

And gets upset when she's told that isn't an ASA mechanic. It's just one of those pathetic things that people have done because they think they should; like telling a substitute pitcher where the runners are.