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    Questions about "playing up"

    Don’t do it! Let her develop and learn at the younger age group. As far as not wanting to practice, that’s normal for that age group. You’re lucky to get 10 minutes of concentrating at that age level. As far as catching goes, why don’t you start with a four corner drill. Buy tennis balls and...
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    Tell me theorys on bunting....

    I'm also of the opinion that it is more challenging to bunt than hit. If a girl sucks at hitting, why have her bunt, unless its a sacrifice and everyone in the park knows it?
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    Tell me theorys on bunting....

    I guess you have to be there. Is it just two outs? When is the coach calling the bunt? Or does he do that a preponderance of the time? My feeling is that the bunt and the slap are two underutilized aspects of the game. Against great pitchers, what are the odds of stringing together three or...
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    Daughter's pitching coach wants to teach the curve before the drop - thoughts?

    Agreed! I can understand why a pitcher may not want to throw the rise - maybe she doesn't have the requisite speed to throw the rise, but why not the drop? If you can throw a fastball, it's relatively easy to teach and master the peel drop. Okay, Bill, here's my rant - As a former pitcher...
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    Bad catcher, good pitcher

    Yeah, I broke a collar bone. The chest protector has only one crease for movement - a million to one shot. That's why I like doing 10U games at the beginning of the year. A great practice to prevent flinching, or more egregious, a head turn.
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    Is it unreasonable to assume that club coaches will develop hitting?

    That sounds like an organized practice! What I don’t get is there usually three or four coaches on a team so there’s absolutely no way you shouldn’t be able to work on hitting, catching and pitching simultaneously. I’m not a big believer in pitching machines. Yeah, you can crank it up to 60...
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    Another rant

    To create pressure differential. Think of an airplane. Going slow, such as 90 or 100 miles an hour I’m not generate enough lift To get it off the ground. However once that start heading two hundred plus miles an hour you’re creating another Lift to overcome drag And vortices Two of the rear of...
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    Another rant

    You’ll never see that. The hop on the ball will not be that pronounced. With enough spin imparted , It will hop a bit. Coupled with the trajectory. The factors involve are: force on the ball, weight, humidity, Temperature, speed, and rotation. Think about an airplane. where you have a pressure...
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    Another rant

    I’m right there with you on that! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Another rant

    I still can’t understand why people are denying that arise ball cannot “hop” to create rise. It’s the same theory as why an airplane can fly – see Daniel Bernoulli’s Theory on differing pressures. But having said that, do you need approximately four times as much spin as a drop to get the ball...
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    Travesty of the game call

    It's kind of funny, but I've seen both sides playing the clock. Almost comical. The visiting team just took the lead with 12 minutes left on the clock, coming back from a couple of runs down. Now the home team does not want to finish because it's drop-dead, finish the batter, where if the...
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    Strike three dead ball?

    This may seem like nitpicking and maybe a semantical issue, but I would argue that it isn't interference. With two strikes and a swinging third, the batter/runner is out once the ball touches her. Sort of like a foul ball in the box - it's a dead ball no matter what. She (batter/runner) just...
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    Another rant

    I would disagree. The rise ball does "hop" once you reach a certain rotation and speed. Having said that, you need approximately 4 times the rotation on the ball as opposed to a drop. I still see it done wrong even at the D1 level. I'm interested in what other pitching coaches have to say -...
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    Dropped 3rd, catcher hits runner.

    I would have her out..... barely. For the life of me, I don't understand why she has to start inside the foul line. If she was over another foot, I'd never call it.
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    Bad catcher, good pitcher

    No options. We're paid to umpire a game, not to choose which players play where. I just move from the slot to a position behind the catcher. That way, it hits the catcher instead of me. I'm curious, a high school catcher that can't catch? Is this a JV or Freshman playing up?
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    How many days a week is a college pitcher going to pitch?

    That's normal for D1 and D2. In addition to that, there is weight training 5 days a week.
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    When should plate umpire make call at 1B?

    Exactly! One umpire's judgment should not be supplanted by another. Pulled foot or missed tag is acceptable appeals to the plate ump, but safe or out, you're asking one ump to use judgment. What is implied is that the other ump's judgment is better.
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    When should plate umpire make call at 1B?

    That's horrible mechanics on the part of both umpires. The call is the primary responsibility of the base umpire. It's his judgment call to make. I know that when I'm on the base, plays at ist base are my judgment. You use your best judgment. If a coach wants me to check with my partner...
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    Travesty of the game call

    Agreed. For me to call something a travesty, it would have to be so severe and where there is no doubt. Whomever that ump was, you should have taken control of the game from the inception - eliminate the huddles, make sure someone is warming up the pitcher immediately. If they're not out there...
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    Travesty of the game call

    This is a tough one! You can ask 20 umps and get 20 different answers. Everyone bitches about a timeclock, but it gets the job done. As an ump, I try and take control of the game by making sure there aren't any huddles, that someone is warming up the pitcher. I get frustrated because I see...

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