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Old Mon Mar 31, 2014, 02:34pm
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Fair question.

I've never seen (while umpiring or observing umpires):
A) A thrown ball hit a discarded bat.
B) A runner or fielder trip over a discarded bat.
C) A play affected in any way, positive or negative, by a discarded bat (other than, of course, the batted ball hitting a bat or a discarded bat hitting a batted ball ... which is surely outside the scope of what we're talking about here)
I've seen all of these. They were all rather interesting plays. I still don't move the bat in any leagues remotely approaching competitive play.
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Old Mon Mar 31, 2014, 03:42pm
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I've seen all of these. They were all rather interesting plays. I still don't move the bat in any leagues remotely approaching competitive play.
Why does "remotely approaching competitive play" matter?
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Old Tue Apr 01, 2014, 09:45am
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Why does "remotely approaching competitive play" matter?
Because I will do things differently based on the level of play. My most recent example is 8U rec league: I might pull a bat out of the way there if I see it in time and it looks like there will be a problem.

12U travel teams, probably not.
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Old Tue Apr 01, 2014, 10:42am
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Because I will do things differently based on the level of play. My most recent example is 8U rec league: I might pull a bat out of the way there if I see it in time and it looks like there will be a problem.

12U travel teams, probably not.
I guess I don't deal well with treating some players different than others.
It's too much like enforcing the jewelry rule for varsity; but ignoring it for JV.
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Old Tue Apr 01, 2014, 10:51am
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I guess I don't deal well with treating some players different than others.
It's too much like enforcing the jewelry rule for varsity; but ignoring it for JV.

CecilOne:

Why would you ignore it for a JV game?

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Old Tue Apr 01, 2014, 11:06am
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Why would you ignore it for a JV game?

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Do you really think I was saying I would do that?

I have seen less attention to jewelry, equipment, etc. by some umpires at lower levels; as if anything below varsity is beneath them/
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Old Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:25am
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Do you really think I was saying I would do that?

I have seen less attention to jewelry, equipment, etc. by some umpires at lower levels; as if anything below varsity is beneath them/
In our neck, it's more likely than not that those umpires aren't even aware of the rules regarding jewelry and equipment.
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