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    Rule Books

    most hs associations use nfhs rules weird that ny uses usa. but was told usa went paperless this year and no more handbooks.
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    Umpire Gear

    you can get those plain uniforms at dicks or academy or whatever you have there for 20-25
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    Umpire Gear

    yep good ideas and agree with these guys. a site i use is ump-attire.com they give you free shipping over 129. they have bundle packages as well. i use the new balance plate shoes i didn't like the 3n2. i wore basic all black shoes for awhile. nike then added nb base shoes. i have diamond ix3...
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    Umpires: Pay Policies?

    rec here in north texas is 30 a game sometimes 35 (2 person). solo 40-50 depending on leagues. 1 league i worked did zelle or check every other week. another did pap . 1 association did arbiter and they paid 2x a month. rainouts same if you showed up you were paid if you were scheduled for 2nd...
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    New in CTX

    any top bats work. i have 12u girls as well 5'6'' 130 . they swing rawlings 32 22. keep the drop 10 unless you go to louisville or demarini then for power girls go to drop 9. my girl in college swings 34 25 lxt. ghosts easton prism demarini pxt lxt louisville . quattro rawlings. louisville . i...
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    leaving the field of play

    Mtr there was only 1 base coach he prefers to not have a 1st base coach. He saw the pulled foot and the bu made the out call at first so he was trying to get him to ask for help from the pu. I'm not sure why the pu called her out that's why I thought it was strange and I just was wondering if...
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    leaving the field of play

    Thanks at some point if you can let me know for my own knowledge I'd appreciate it. I thought it was something like that and I would think that they would want to get the call right. Would you as a pu go to your partner in this situation and talk to them or wait until he asked for your input...
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    leaving the field of play

    Yes canyonjoe that is pretty close...out call, 3rd out...players leaving the field batter runner leaving the field coach trying to get a timeout and get the attention of the field umpire.. no avail plate umpire then signals out when br leaves field of play..coach asks pu to talk to fu..pu tells...
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    leaving the field of play

    Yeah comp that is what I was thinking should happen but the field umpire wouldn't acknowledge the coach for awhile and when he finally did he told him that he wasn't going to ask for help and the play was over...I was really just wondering if anyone had this happen before and if there was...
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    leaving the field of play

    I was in the stands and yes I am a umpire. I was watching my kids play not working and I try to not get involved in their games. I asked the plate umpire why he called her out and he said she left the field of play and I said that his partner called her out so she left because he told her to and...
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    leaving the field of play

    no he said he didnt need to..because she was out even though the coach was very professional about it all and the pu said he had to ask the fu for his help
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    leaving the field of play

    so usa 12u tournament. 2 outs runner on 3rd. batter hits a ground ball to ss and close play at first and field umpire calls br out at first. he is in the c position and starts walking across the field to set up for half inning.the 3rd base coach is trying to call time out and get his attention...
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    Playing d3 softball

    thought id update on this for younger parents..dd#1 went to George fox in 2015 to study engineering and play softball. had a blast in fall but found out college classes are different than hs and was ineligible for spring semester. she liked the coach but since she wasn't playing had a hard time...
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    RBI Question

    i would give 2 rbi. especially if the fielder attempted to make a play on the throw albeit late.
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    Runner Hit by Batted Ball

    thasts what i was saying though a line drive up the middle and 2nd/ss are 20 ft from the ball there is no way they will make a play on that ball why is the runner automatically out? it passed the reach of ss and 2nd base.

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