Well, technically the apology should be made to character actor Alfonso Bedoya. :D

Or to Mel Brooks.

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Thanks for the info & commentary
 

Thanks everyone for the info. This call was made on our lead-off batter twice in as many at-bats. We are a girls fastpitch 10U team playing in the fall to prepare our girls for next Spring/Summer and these are the types of things we are working on. Our lead-off has not been "slapping" long and couldn't understand her mistake. It was very "picky" at the time in my opinion. Her foot was in front of the plate, but had there been visible lines, it could have been argued that her heel was still touching the line. Either way, stay in the box and there is no argument.

The argument could also be made that her heel did not touch the line until after contact was made.:rolleyes: :DCoach,

I understand you are working with very young girls, probably with limited experience. Whether it was "picky" or not, only you can offer an opinion as none of us were there (at least, I don't think).

F.Y.I., don't think you want to debate the "lines" issue. The batter's box is there whether lined or not. Many of us get that argument regularly as if the batter is going to stop in the middle of their swing, look down to make sure they step in the right place and then continue their swing. This is a rule umpires usually don't make unless there is absolutely no doubt there was a violation.

Good luck in the spring.

Just to set the record straight on the "who to give credit to" for the "stinking badges" quote.

Attributing "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges", to the move The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart), is like attributing "Play it again, Sam" to Casablanca.

The actual line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

The line "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges." comes from the moive Blazing Saddles (directed by Mel Brooks), in obvious homage to/parody of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

:D :D :cool:

Correct you are. Of course, the first appearance of any variant of the line was in the novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.(Published in 1927) According to Wikipedia, the quote reads:

""All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them."

"Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching' tu madre! Come out from that sh!t-hole of yours. I have to speak to you."

OK, now you got me doing more internet searching...

An interesting fact (source: Wikipedia) is that the book was actually a German novel, written in German, and had the title Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (presumably The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in English...)

As side-tracks to threads go, this one is a bit different... ;)

The important question is:

Was anyone drinking beer in the novel and/or movie? :D:D

Well, it was a GERMAN novel, after all! :D

Now you got me started. A quote from Wikipedia: "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold. "

So, my investigation led me even farther. B. Traven is an interesting character(s), as is demonstrated in this article.

Very interesting. The question that intrigues me most in the wiki article is this one:

"Why was the identity of B. Traven concealed so carefully?"