LLWS Girls

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Originally Posted by SethPDX

I was sitting down the LF line with some other umpires. I said to my umpire friend who had stepped away that the ball bounced to the foul side. The problem was that the umpire called it fair. And four umpires and a 20-second conference for that pulled foot in the sixth? Ughhh....

What embarrassed me the most as an umpire who works mostly LL in the summer was the dancing, complete with wigs. You will not catch me dead doing anything like that. Just because we volunteer doesn't mean we can't act professional.

As for the field, it is part of Alpenrose Dairy, which has a long history of community involvement. The hosting district has played baseball and softball there for many decades and it is a natural site for a LL World Series.

The field looks nice, just not a softball field. And with all of the room it looks like they have, why have the sideline fences in the outfiled so close to the foul line?

Anyway, at this level the umpiring should be much better. Besides those already mentioned, how about blown call at 3B. It was obvious the runner beat the throw. Also, strike zone was VERY inconsistant, outside or low was anyone's guess as to strike or ball call.

Both coaches showed class and kept their cool.

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Originally Posted by bigsig

Anyway, at this level the umpiring should be much better. Besides those already mentioned, how about blown call at 3B. It was obvious the runner beat the throw. Also, strike zone was VERY inconsistant, outside or low was anyone's guess as to strike or ball call.

Both coaches showed class

NJ coach needs to learn this isn't baseball.

The call at 1B involving the safety base was a good call. If I remember though, the umpire made it look questionable with his hesitation on the safe signal. The coach's argument with the BU was absurd. It seemed the umpire explained his call, but coach wouldn't stop talking so the BU just shut down. I have no problem with that. An explanation is all the coach is due. Then the coach whined to the PU that the BU wouldn't answer his question.

When walking away with the PU, the coach kept repeating that the ball beat the runner. Yeah, so?