Umpire Mechanics

[Tru_in_Blu]

Thanx. Forgot that part. Pretty straightforward.

Ted

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Thanx. Forgot that part. Pretty straightforward.

Ted

No problem.

99% of the time, the batter looks at me and goes, "oh... sorry!" No big deal. I've never had a batter argue with me that he somehow had a "right" to start with any part of his foot out of the box.

And mind you, I wasn't trying to split hairs here. If it looks more like 4 or 5 inches, I don't care. I have no lines, so I won't split that hair. But if his foot looks like it's only an inch or two off of the plate, then it's too obvious, and it should be corrected.

I honestly wonder if this guy suffers from some roid rage. We've had problems in the past with steroid use in the area.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

hmm seeing your location.. Tucking in a jacket isnt some southern thang is it?

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

Don't group us all in there! I think the jacket tucked in is a Baseball thang... bleeck.

No, not all baseball guys do it. Don't lump all the baseball guys together! There was a baseball thread recently where I think most, like me, thought it didn't look good. I never tuck in on the bases. Here in the northwest I saw two D1 baseball crews a couple weekends ago. On each crew, one BU tucked, one didn't. Long sleeve shirts for both PUs (which I do for baseball and softball unless it's really cold or wet, then I wear a jacket tucked in so I can get into my ball bags).

Like I said, I don't really like the look, but if you want to tuck it, whatever, no big deal. I put this debate right up there with "what color ball bag" and "6-stitch or 8-stitch?"

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

No, not all baseball guys do it. Don't lump all the baseball guys together! There was a baseball thread recently where I think most, like me, thought it didn't look good. I never tuck in on the bases. Here in the northwest I saw two D1 baseball crews a couple weekends ago. On each crew, one BU tucked, one didn't. Long sleeve shirts for both PUs (which I do for baseball and softball unless it's really cold or wet, then I wear a jacket tucked in so I can get into my ball bags).

Like I said, I don't really like the look, but if you want to tuck it, whatever, no big deal. I put this debate right up there with "what color ball bag" and "6-stitch or 8-stitch?"

ok, which is it? 6-stitch or 8-stitch?

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

ok, which is it? 6-stitch or 8-stitch?

I dunno. That was last week. People are talking about plays and rules over there now that games have actually started.

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

I dunno. That was last week. People are talking about plays and rules over there now that games have actually started.

Really? I miss the 20 page topics on what brand of hat is blue'er (sp) than the next.

Peace.

[wadeintothem]

Shoulda known it was the little ball guys and their goofy stuff. I had to out right tell my partner last week "No ball bag on the bases, its not allowed in our assoc" .. to which he replied "oh darn where am I going to keep my stuff?". I said "What stuff? A sandwhich?"

Yep you guess it.. Little ball guy.