First Game of the Year: Brutal.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

JV, one man.

Visitors 26, Home 0. From my game report in Arbiter: "The (home team) pitcher's lack of velocity was only exceeded by her lack of control".

Still got 'er done in just under an hour and a half, and waived goodbye the the guys working the varsity game on the adjacent field.

You must not have called enough strikes on the visiting team

[Stu Clary]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You must not have called enough strikes on the visiting team

You're probably right...but the visitors HIT the strikes. Everything else was either in the dirt or hitting the screen on the fly.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

hitting the screen on the fly.

Well, that means it was still airborne passing the plate area, right? Close enough! STRIKE!

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, that means it was still airborne passing the plate area, right? Close enough! STRIKE!

Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.

Had he extended his zone from county line to county line, he could have banged them for a strike.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.

Your point?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Your point?

Toes to clouds, crowds to crowds?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

You're probably right...but the visitors HIT the strikes. Everything else was either in the dirt or hitting the screen on the fly.

Since you're located in the great state of California, I recommend using the California strike zone in these games......






If the pitch is in California, it's a strike!

[SRW]

My first games of the season are today - Community College double header. I'm a little nervous because:

(a) I haven't seen a pitch since October,
(b) I've been training new umps on ASA/NFHS rules and mechanics, and haven't had the time to study the NCAA stuff this year,
(c) I have the plate in the 2nd game - the one typically with the 2nd string F1 throwing bricks at a backstop.
(d) weather.com shows the temp to be about 41F at gametime.

I'm sure I'll be fine. Details to follow...

[CajunNewBlue]

41f..... *shudder*

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

41f..... *shudder*

Yup. I have to call a game this afternoon in similar weather, with winds blowing from 15-25 mph out of the north!

[SRW]

The games went fine. Scrimmage / pre-season game with a local CC and a club team from the University of British Columbia. First game on the bases, no issues - other than I was almost burned out behind F6 with a R on 2B. As R took her lead off with the pitch, F4 moved into 2B. F2 threw across to F4 to pick R off. I moved back toward 2B with the throw, then realized after 2 steps that R went to 3B. Luckily F4 bobbled the throw from F1 and there was no play beyond that.

Not bad for first game of the season.

2nd game, I've got the dish. It's right around 40 degrees. This is where all kinds of weird stuff happened:

1. Had to tell F1 that her knee brace needed to be padded.
2. With R on 2B, ground ball to F6, errant throw to F3 drawing off to her left. F3 caught the ball. I hold at HP a second to watch for pulled foot or swipe tag, and just as F3 caught the ball and was pulled off, F2 stepped in my way. My partner didn't make any call, just quickly came to me with "was there a tag?" Hell, I couldn't see a damn thing so I came up with a strong "no". DC decided to talk to us about that one.
3. Called a strike on a batter for a violation of the 10 second rule.
4. Had F4 leave in an ambulance for either breaking her collarbone or dislocating her shoulder after diving for a ball and landing wrong.
5. Had 3 overthrows around the plate in one play, got me bouncing all around the place.

Good games tho. And good Mexican food afterwards.