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  1. CoachCeetar

    Courtesy runner question

    The coaches are never paying attention either, or there just aren't enough coaches to be paying attention. I'm usually keeping score at first so I often notice, but me shouting this stuff across the diamond is rarely helpful. imo the second the (limit-1) runs score in an inning, or the second...
  2. CoachCeetar

    Drop Dead question

    I mean the catcher is playing for the tie, presuming they're aware they've got like 3 minutes. So just stand there.
  3. CoachCeetar

    Drop Dead question

    imo if you want to played timed baseball (And not just time limit for field use reasons) then do so. no mound visits, strict pitch clocks and penalties. time limit on each inning. runner on third but only 2 minutes left in that inning? prepare for slow methodical walks. but there are so many...
  4. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    I think it's interesting you claim interpretations don't really change but then posted a whole bunch of them. If anything, the current interpretation is less precise as it takes out the specific 2013 wording of "rubbing the ball into the dirt is considered defacing". The current wording...
  5. CoachCeetar

    Drop Dead question

    I'm curious how that first runner got to third. Feel like you'd have to know drop dead was coming and there's no way you're getting another chance to score. There's no reason to throw strikes. You could even game clock it at that point right? If you've got 5 minutes, just throw a pitch to the...
  6. CoachCeetar

    Beginner pitcher vs Beginner Coach

    My daughter's PC seemed to advise against really driving too much until everything else was in sync, so I think I agree many don't have that strength yet, and that maybe getting timing correct even with a step-pitch is step 1 before this. Though there are various different strengths you can...
  7. CoachCeetar

    Beginner pitcher vs Beginner Coach

    A year into my daughter pitching I guess i've become the defacto 'pitching coach' for our town travel team (insert clichés about coach's daughter, etc) just from looking up this stuff and paying attention in her lessons. You can tell pretty fast, even if they're not even remotely good/reaching...
  8. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    if only there were some way to codify that direction/decision into some sort of more firm edict.. hmm. Until that's the case, it's 100% subjective at their whim. They could change it tonight if they wanted to. Hence, arguments that they should and that the interpretation is stupid are valid.
  9. CoachCeetar

    Drop Dead question

    the at bat ends the instant the batter becomes a batter-runner unless otherwise stated by the tournament rules. Seems like the batter already failed by walking. Should've been making any attempt to flick the ball fair and create a live ball, and maybe deking the pitcher into throwing a...
  10. CoachCeetar

    Drop Dead question

    wouldn't the play be just to hit the batter? dead ball, game over? either way: "The time at bat is the period beginning when a batter first enters the batter's box and continues until put out or the batter becomes a batter-runner." so ump is correct.
  11. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    rule interpretations ARE NOT RULES. They change that interpretation all the time. You could call the ball changes if the catcher overthrows the pitcher, or underthrows the pitcher, and it rolls in the dirt. Third baseman drops it throwing it around the horn and gives it a little spin in the...
  12. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    yes obviously, and a lot of rules are bad (softball, sports, otherwise) and should be questioned and changed. (Also this is not precisely laid out in the rulebook as it stands, precedent and case situations are not rules, they are interpretations of the judgement that could change at literally...
  13. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    but that's logical nonsense. If an action is okay for a ball in other situations, it's not defacing it when it happens, certainly not to the "This is unfair to the offense and they should be rewarded for it" level. Does the umpire inspect the ball every every ground ball? hard bunt up the...
  14. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    Also isn't the penalty for an illegal pitch that's hit a ball or the result of the play if batter/runners advance 1 base?
  15. CoachCeetar

    Defacing the Ball

    "ART. 6 . .. Any defacing, treatment or device that would change the ball speci- fications listed in 1-3-3 are prohibited and render the ball illegal." It's talking about COR, compression, weight and circumference. Seems a generous ruling to say what's the equivalent of a ground ball is...
  16. CoachCeetar

    Horrible obstruction call UCLA vs stanford

    she put her glove in the base path ahead of the runner without the ball. Yes, the ball arrived mere milliseconds later, but that's apparently enough. So fielder had the ball? no. impede the baserunner? Glove was in the way, clearly, as the runner had to slide into it. So yes.
  17. CoachCeetar

    Timid 10u pitcher advice

    imo it's not focusing on the outcome, it's focusing on the process. It's hard! they're 9(ish)! It takes a really long time to build the natural muscle memory, not just pitching muscles, in general. In a very real sense, they're still learning how their arms work. Some kids are full-throttle...
  18. CoachCeetar

    Horrible obstruction call UCLA vs stanford

    because if the ball is say, just sitting there on the ground between the runner and the bag, the fielder would literally be unable to pick it up. Say a hitter hits a grounder right along the line up towards third, bases loaded, runner coming home. Catcher wouldn't be allowed to charge up the...
  19. CoachCeetar

    Electronic communication

    gamechanger has a chat feature. Even if anyone was to call someone this, they could just show them the screen and be fine.
  20. CoachCeetar

    Horrible obstruction call UCLA vs stanford

    I think the intent behind the rule enforcement might be similar, which is why I brought it up. Some of those in that MLB video are very clearly obstruction. I think I've come around on the idea that the fielder should field the ball outside the path to the base, certainly not with their leg...

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