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  1. njdad

    Batter interference without a throw?

    12U tournament. I'm just watching waiting for our game. Runner on 3rd. The catcher -- who had picked a runner off at 3rd earlier in the game -- had one bounce away from her. She spins around looking all over for it thinking it had gone back to the screen, but it had bounced off the umpire's...
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    Infield fly is called, but no infield fly at this level -- what then?

    Bases loaded, nobody out, girl pops the ball straight up between the pitcher and the catcher. Umpire immediately yells "infield fly!" Here's the problem... it was a 10U game, no infield fly rule. Coaches had specifically talked about it with the umpire before the game started, but I get it --...
  3. njdad

    Pitchback recommendations?

    My 12-year-old pitcher is looking for a pitchback -- she'd rather have the fielding practice of a ball coming off the net, than pitch with a bucket of balls and fetch them out of the Bownet when she's done. There's Rukket, Champro, Skilz, etc. A lot of these are sold as "baseball" or...
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    Deliberate swing and miss on a wild pitch for strike 3

    DD and I were watching a game waiting for ours to start. No one on base, 0-2 count, ball squirted out of the pitcher’s hand. It rolled slowly on the dirt and eventually crossed the third base foul line. The fielders just stood there looking at it. The umpire very theatrically squinted at the...
  5. njdad

    The player isn't good at anything

    I was watching a YouTube video with Kristine Himes (University of Kentucky softball coach) and she said, "all your athletes are good at something -- and if they're not, you have to make them good at one thing." This has really stuck with me... particularly in Rec, where there's no cuts and...
  6. njdad

    Pitcher "fakes" a pitch (doesn't release ball)...

    I was playing a super aggressive baserunning team and it was getting very frustrating. It seemed like every ball put in play their runners were already almost at the next base. I watched the runner on 2nd and it was clear she was off the bag before release. She would start as the pitcher started...
  7. njdad

    Continuation play

    I hate the continuation play and wish they would do away with it at 10U. It's so easy to steal 2nd at 10U anyway. The continuation play means on a walk the batter can run around 1st and keep going to 2nd. It's usually done when you have a runner on 3rd -- have the batter run to 1st and keep...
  8. njdad

    12U pitcher needed for Fall (Morris County, NJ)

    First-year 12U team in Randolph, NJ looking for a pitcher who wants circle time for Fall league. Contact: inbox@randolphragesoftball.com.
  9. njdad

    Preparing for 10U "A"

    We will be a second-year 10s travel team in the Fall. We played all B rules last year -- stealing 3rd only, no continuation, play is over when pitcher has the ball in the circle... I know there may be minor rule quirks from league to league but in general what should we be preparing for come...
  10. njdad

    Dropped "pitch"... ball or no pitch?

    Game (12U) played in the rain yesterday, the pitcher had the ball squirt out of her hand during her wind-up and it slowly rolled sideways toward the first base foul line. Everyone stood there and watched it roll. The umpire didn't say anything until it across the foul line, at which point he...

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