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  1. K

    is this legal, is it proper?

    Got it. Thanks TMIB!
  2. K

    is this legal, is it proper?

    Fair enough - you talked me off it. The signal is only asking for trouble. :)
  3. K

    is this legal, is it proper?

    "By rule"? I don't know that one - I'm not trying to be clever, but I don't. What's the penalty for violating it?
  4. K

    is this legal, is it proper?

    I work a lot of plate assignments with younger and newer umpires in LL baseball, and if I have a kid that I've never worked with before, I let him know in our pre-game meeting that (a) I won't walk up to him to help unless he asks me too, (b) I will give him a subtle signal following a close...
  5. K

    Just for fun 2: Another odd obstruction

    Agreed - if forced to vacate for a trailing runner it would be the lead runner, not the trailing runner, who should be called out. But practically speaking, I don't think you would often see that above low-level youth - the defensive team would typically (by then) have forced out the lead...
  6. K

    look back rule on ball 4

    Agree with point no. 3. Had this happen earlier this year at a U12 game, umpire called the other team for a lookback violation. I was in the third base dugout and when the third base coach called time and went up to confer, I went right up with him. The umpire was reasonable and when we reminded...
  7. K

    Umpiring touching catcher

    That's never been taught in any umpiring clinic I've attended. But then again, I'm in Canada - who knows what they're teaching down south. :LOL: But seriously, I would surprised if anyone's teaching that.
  8. K

    Tagging a Force Out question

    Why the heck did they need a 15 minute phone call? Did nobody have a rulebook anywhere? Geez.
  9. K

    NSA: Ball thrown out of play

    Thanks for that - I think understand what you were saying now, which is basically that you'll almost always award based on time of throw. Exceptions being in situations where the pitch goes straight out of play or in certain other situations that, while we might be able to come up with contrived...
  10. K

    Bunt, round 1st?

    Ah - maybe I'm getting it mixed up with baseball where I have to distinguish between Type A and Type B.:)
  11. K

    Bunt, round 1st?

    But that's not dead ball, right MTR? Or is the fake throw to 1B a play on the BR that results in a dead ball?
  12. K

    NSA: Ball thrown out of play

    First, I agree that it looks like they got it right (assuming that the throw was made before the runner reached first base). Your second sentence confused me a bit, when you said "this is almost always a time of the throw penalty". In the normal course, isn't this a "time of pitch" penalty? If...
  13. K

    Botched Ump penalty imposed

    I think MIB might have been overstating for effect given the tone of the overall discussion (he can correct me if I'm wrong). I think maybe what he meant to say is that player safety should be of paramount priority at all times, and because the umpire is in a position of authority at the field...
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