OH NO - HE SAID

CecilOne · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 08:20am

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.

#2 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 08:53am

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".

MichaelVA2000 · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 10:56am

I also noticed the plate umpire with the red shirt was numbered and the base umpires shirt's were not.

Michael

David Ruest · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 11:11am

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!

mick · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 11:13am

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Originally posted by MichaelVA2000
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.

DownTownTonyBrown · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 11:59am

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.

Dakota · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 12:15pm

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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Red PU looked great.

You wouldn't by any chance call utrip, would you??

#8 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 11, 2003, 12:55pm

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Originally posted by mick
My friend and occasional umpin' partner, Sammy Fontecchio from the U.P., was wearing a blue shirt and workin' second.

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What is U.P.? Upper Peninsula??

LDUB · #9 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 14, 2003, 08:12pm

The plate umpire can wear whatever he wants to wear. Only the field umpires must match.

mick · #10 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 14, 2003, 08:34pm

Quote:

Originally posted by VaASAump

Quote:

Originally posted by mick
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]

YU.P.per!

IRISHMAFIA · #11 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 15, 2003, 05:50am

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Originally posted by LDUB
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?

CecilOne · #12 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 18, 2003, 06:29am

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.

Skahtboi · #13 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 18, 2003, 09:37am

But as announcers go, much like AA players, they think they ARE getting it right!

chris s · #14 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 19, 2003, 10:14am

Tim McCarver was the tv boy??????

CecilOne · #15 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 19, 2003, 11:24am

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Originally posted by chris s
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?