Things I learned last night

[MD Longhorn]

These are all from the same coach. Nevermind that coach doubles as league president... ASA wasted $9.95 giving this guy a free rulebook - I guarantee the creases aren't even cracked.

1) You don't award first base on a HBP that bounces.
2) Pitch out of play is 2 bases. (Giving just 1 base is a 10U rule).
3) A pitch that hits the batters hands while she's bunting is an out. (Apparently this is true because the last umpires call this an out... nevermind that we only had 1 strike on the batter, and "the last umpires" likely had 2).
4) It's a double play if a batter tries to run on a dropped 3rd strike with first base occupied and the catcher tries to throw her out.
5) It's also a double play if the (retired) batter leaves the running lane on her way to first (same play as 4).
6) You can courtesy run for ANYONE who has previously pitched in the game!
7) If the visitor is ahead, the game is over when the home team's last batter (the one listed last in the lineup) has completed their at bat.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

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7) If the visitor is ahead, the game is over when the home team's last batter (the one listed last in the lineup) has completed their at bat.

OK. That's a new one!

[umpirebob71]

Facinating, absolutely facinating.

[JEL]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

7) If the visitor is ahead, the game is over when the home team's last batter (the one listed last in the lineup) has completed their at bat.

Yeah, never heard that one either!

What happens if the visitor is behind?

[LMan]

Originally Posted by JEL

Yeah, never heard that one either!

What happens if the visitor is behind?

That's a ground-rule double.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JEL

Yeah, never heard that one either!

What happens if the visitor is behind?

Who knows. I certainly wasn't going to entertain this idiot by asking. Didn't want to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

[jr131981]

2 of my recent favorites, runner on 3rd, F5 is playing about 20' in front of the bag anticipating a suicide squeeze. theres a past ball and while running home, the runner brushes shoulders with F5, i call OBS... the DC's argument was "she (F5) was in fair territory!!"

i wanted to tell him, coach, is the physical 3rd base in fair or foul territory? is home plate in fair or foul territory? so you either dont know that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line or you teach your girls to run in foul territory run running from 3rd to home.

runner on 1st, groundball to F4, who throws wildly to F6 for a force attempt. F6 catches the ball off the base, the runner touches and then overruns 2nd. F6 then touches second base, then the runner returns to 2nd base. runner is safe, the coach argues "but she was off the base, a runner cannot be off a base!"

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by jr131981

runner on 1st, groundball to F4, who throws wildly to F6 for a force attempt. F6 catches the ball off the base, the runner touches and then overruns 2nd. F6 then touches second base, then the runner returns to 2nd base. runner is safe, the coach argues "but she was off the base, a runner cannot be off a base!"

Wow! Could have had a lot of fun with that one.