Ah, that Liquidation world is 2 hr away from me in Toronto. Not going that way soon. I went to the LW in Mississauga, they didn't have the bats. Got to keep looking.
My son was a dominant pitcher in his age group.
In tournaments, the umps are usully fair, same strike zone for both teams.
But in house league where the umpires are older kids in the organization, I see it all the time. Some umps even told me later they hold my son to smaller strike zone...
I would never have my kid's team, purposely hit a batter. Not only it could hurt the kid, it can get ugly and them coming back to try to hurt our kids. So for me as a coach it's a no no.
OTOH, I recently talked to the coach of another team. They have a U14 boy, 6' tall, pitches high 50s and...
I found out my son was injured in high school baseball practice, because another parent was there and saw it. My son didn't tell me. He seems to be afraid I'll tell him to rest it and don't play. The school didn't tell me anything.
After 2 days of rest, my son says his arm/shoulder is all...
I didn't know the 1B can change to use the orange bag. I always thought if the 1B goes to use the orange part when catching the throw, the B/R is safe. That is, if the B/R is continuing to run toward the orange part.
So in tournaments, knowledgeable ASA umps are supposed to know the 1B can...
Some coaches tels players that on a bunt, run on the line. That way the catcher will feel pressure, as when throwing to first, s/he will be afraid to hit the batter/runner.
However, if the ball hits the runner's body part that is judged to be inside the fair territory and the ump can call the...
When a batter/runner bunts the ball, s/he is supposed to run on or just right of the line down first base, then touch the orange part of the safe bag.
The catcher picks up the ball and throws to first base, and the ball hits/touches the batter/runner.
If the runner was running inside the line...
If wanting to walk a batter, does the catcher have to stay in normal catcher's position until pitcher releases the ball?
Or can the catcher stand up like MLB?
Thanks.