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    What's your call?

    If ASA, my ruling would be based on 8.7.P, I would score the run, call the runner closest to home out, 3rd out, end of inning. Here is 8.7.P exactly: "When after being declared out or after scoring, an offensive player interferes with a defensive player's opportunity to make a play on another...
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    Can runner advance?

    And to further add to honus' post above, a pitcher in the circle with the ball who does anything that an official considers even attempting to make a play (raising an arm, moving in direction of runner with ball, etc), removes the LBR. I have this happen often where the pitcher cocks her arm but...
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    Proper 2-Man Mechanics/Responsibility Question

    Years ago, this was some of the best advice I was given regarding this and other plays right there around the plate involving dead balls, etc. Taking that extra second to allow your partner behind the plate to determine if they saw anything is always prudent. Two reasons, confirms what you saw...
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    So what is college softball like for the student-athlete?

    For reference, my DD is getting ready to be a JR in a 4,000 student NAIA school in the NE (PA). From what I've gathered so far, her experience playing softball and some of the "unexpected's" are as follows: 1. Fall is the time to take the extra class and heavier load. She did this backwards her...
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    Favorite Sports Movie

    Excellent thread. I am forced though to categorize, these are in no particular order for me, just the best imho of each category: (I'm a baseball guy, so most will be there) Baseball: Major League, The Natural, Bull Durham, The Sandlot, Eight Men Out, Moneyball, 61, League of Their Own, For the...
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    Ball on field

    Amy, in the years I've been calling, I've never seen this. As an official, I'm not sure how I would react to that if it happened. When you say you've "known" someone to do this, did you hear about it after or were you there? Just curious as to how it was handled, if the officials saw it, and if...
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    How much game time for a catcher?

    :cool: Good one GM. Down here in good ol' TX, my DD used to catch several games in a row in 100+ heat. I used to regularly tell her to suck it up. Definitely a mistake in hindsight. Mostly because I used to forget to bring towels for the mud that was on her from being behind a dusty plate and...
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    Strike zone

    I won't address the comments regarding the strike zone, because since the creation of softball by the softball gods and goddesses, and until the end of softball time on the planet, there will always be strike zone commentary about different zones that we call. In the link below however is a...
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    Runner Interference

    David, not sure what your trying to get at, as if you called for 3 years, you certainly should have met many different kinds of umpires as your partners. As you should already know, sometimes you can just have bad umpires and sometimes you can have good umpires that just have a bad day. There is...
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    Runner Interference

    Whenever I'm asked about a rule I will always tell the coach I will be happy to go over it with him after the game, etc. but now is not the time to be discussing it. I will answer other questions most of the time depending on the coach's manner in which he is inquiring. Yellers and screamers and...
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    A runner living the base when the ball in the circle

    Well, that would be incorrect if talking ASA. The rule for ASA is quoted: The "Look Back" rule shall be in effect for all runners when the ball is live, the batter-runner has touched first base or has been declared out, and the pitcher has possession and control of the ball within the pitcher's...
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    A runner living the base when the ball in the circle

    Also, for further clarification, (speaking ASA and IFA/VTD, thanks to Comp below :) ) the ball must be under control by F1 as well.
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    Runner Interference

    Maverick, as Comp pointed out, other than umpire interference, it is always an immediate dead ball. Secondly, there is one ruleset whereby contact is required and it is IFA/VTD. As far as I know, that is the only ruleset that *usually* requires contact for RI. All others that I've ever called do...
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    Blue calling "Time" on steal attempts

    I have called time before during play, and have had to send runners back that were advancing. In the very few times this has occurred, it was always due to an injury on the field that I believe time needed to be called to attend to a player. Now I will admit to this, during my rookie year, I...
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    Umpire ejects spectator (video)

    Probably in the same place where it states umpires are responsible for spectators. :)
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