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Old Mon Aug 11, 2003, 08:20am
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LL Regional Final (HARDball) on TV last night.
Batter attempts bunt, ball hits bat and fingers.
The announcer says "THE HANDS ARE PART OF THE BAT, so it's a foul ball".

I also do not like the right uppercut (as in boxing) signal used by the PU on strikeouts or the red t-shirts under the umpire uniforms.
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Old Mon Aug 11, 2003, 08:53am
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Did anybody notice one of last nites regional game where the PU was wearing a red shirt and the BUs were wearing blue shirts? Thought the whole crew were supposed to be "uniformed".
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Old Mon Aug 11, 2003, 10:56am
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I also noticed the plate umpire with the red shirt was numbered and the base umpires shirt's were not.

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Now you know why so many people believe that myth. I didn't see the play but it was probably called a strike if the batter was making an effort to bunt the ball. You'd think that annoncers would be familiar with the rule book. Then again, it's probably a former player and we all know that very few players actually read the rulebook!
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I also noticed the plate umpire with the red shirt was numbered and the base umpires shirt's were not.

Michael
My friend and occasional umpin' partner, Sammy Fontecchio from the U.P., was wearing a blue shirt and workin' second.
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Old Mon Aug 11, 2003, 11:59am
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is being discussed in the baseball forum.

http://www.officialforum.com/thread/9680

Cecil, I also didn't like the red tee-shirts underneath the blue shirts. Didn't look good.

Red PU looked great. It's a good color when neither team is red.

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Old Mon Aug 11, 2003, 12:15pm
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Red PU looked great.
You wouldn't by any chance call utrip, would you??
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Re: Re: Shirts

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My friend and occasional umpin' partner, Sammy Fontecchio from the U.P., was wearing a blue shirt and workin' second. [/B]
What is U.P.? Upper Peninsula??
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Old Thu Aug 14, 2003, 08:12pm
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The plate umpire can wear whatever he wants to wear. Only the field umpires must match.
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My friend and occasional umpin' partner, Sammy Fontecchio from the U.P., was wearing a blue shirt and workin' second.
What is U.P.? Upper Peninsula?? [/B]
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Old Fri Aug 15, 2003, 05:50am
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The plate umpire can wear whatever he wants to wear. Only the field umpires must match.
Then the crew wouldn't be very uniform, would they?
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Old Mon Aug 18, 2003, 06:29am
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Thumbs down get it right!

Hard to believe! I watched another LL game last night and the announcers explained why a runner was out for being assisted by a coach and called it OBSTRUCTION! Horrible call to begin with, they said the coach waving directions "nicked" the runner's shirt. But when you explain a rule instead of just living with it, you have to get it right.
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But as announcers go, much like AA players, they think they ARE getting it right!
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Old Tue Aug 19, 2003, 10:14am
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Tim McCarver was the tv boy??????
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Old Tue Aug 19, 2003, 11:24am
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Tim McCarver was the tv boy??????
No, the game did end. Can you imagine Tim doing softball with only 10 seconds between pitches? Besides, we're talking LL budget.

OK, umpires, how much would you charge to sit in the booth and keep them straight?
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