...I honestly wished we cared as much about voting and government as we do the outcome of a 12u softball game....
I am going to steal this line and post it at every rec field I can find......
...I honestly wished we cared as much about voting and government as we do the outcome of a 12u softball game....
We had a game last night, bases loaded, one out. Girl hits a pop up in front of the plate. Pitcher and catcher look at each other and then pitcher lunges for it, hits her glove and drops on the ground. Umpire said nothing. Catcher tags the batter and the runner on 3rd not knowing that it was an infield fly started going and was tagged when going back to 3rd. I asked the umpire if it was an infield fly and he said yes. I said you didn't say anything and he replied that he pointed his finger skyward. Who was looking at him when the ball was in the air. He said he pointed and that was sufficient. I was always taught and have taught my team that the ball is in play if the umpire says nothing. He is suppose to call foul, dead ball or anything that isn't simply the ball being fair. Am I wrong to think he is supposed to yell out "infield fly, batter is out"?
We had runners at first and second with one out the other night, batter hits a fly ball maybe 5 feet onto the outfield grass between the first baseman and second baseman. Second baseman probably had to run 15 feet to catch it. No IF call, and I didn't say anything to the umpire, who was probably all of 15. After the third out, I go to him and ask, "You didn't have infield fly on that second out?" He says, "No, the second baseman had to run too far." I said, "I'll buy that, as long as you can explain it."