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    Infield Fly signal confusion

    Thanks, Bretman - I was hoping you'd reply. If an umpire is making the proper signals, an infield fly signal shouldn't be confused with the signal for a tag play. If the sliding runner wasn't out on the tag, the base umpire should have given the old double hand swooshie...otherwise known as "a...
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    Infield Fly signal confusion

    We had a crazy play at our game last night and I would like some advice from umpires. We had runners on 1st and 2nd. There was one out. Batter hit a fly ball to 2nd baseman, who drops it. Batter is out. (I was good until this point.) Runners on 1st and 2nd had taken off in full sprint in...
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    Finch to pitch 2 games in Tucson

    Thanks for the heads up, Amy! I hope to get to see these games - we will go unless DD has a fall ball game!
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    Two broken bats

    A friend's "replacement" bat (one that was sent to her after her first one broke) just broke last week at 10U nationals, so I am not sure about the durability of the new materials. My DD had one, too, and it did not break all the way through but just cracked. It was out of warranty but demarini...
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    Question about look back rule

    Thanks everyone for the excellent information! You are correct, Sluggers, this is generally what happened. One smart team, however, noticed that when the catcher ran at the runner taking the lead off 3rd, no one was covering home. They had their runner take a step back to third prompting...
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    Question about look back rule

    Coach tells our catcher that all she has to do is make a runner take one step back to the base the runner was on before returning ball to pitcher in the circle. Coach says if runner takes just one step back (while the catcher still has the ball and is charging the runner like a crazy woman) the...
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    I'm new here...player

    You've got a good Momma! What I great idea for her to encourage you to come here to discuss and learn more about your sport. And good for you to take her advice! As a Softball Mama myself, I am proud of you!
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    Correcting a cow hop

    Hey, Bill is the expert :) so definitely listen to him, I do! I thought I would comment on the bolded part of your post above, because it is exactly what my dd was doing. My dd's pc took video of her and saw that she was going up too high, but she was still able to drag her toe until she...
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    A 'Redneck' church

    Yah, we rednecks can't hide - one day after 8U practice I went to lunch with then 7 year old dd, two of dd's friends and their moms. During lunch the girls started talking about "what they are" (their ancestry). One girl said, "I'm mostly German." The other said, "I'm Italian." They asked my...
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    Correcting a cow hop

    My dd was crow hopping and her pc did this exercise - no sure why it worked, but it did. PC put an orange cone out in front of dd to indicate proper leap distance (same as her height). As dd was standing on the rubber, he had me hold one end of a red ribbon at the height of her head. He held...
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    cheap rubber balls for BP

    Wednesday we were practicing at the same park Amy goes to. (Amy, have you seen all the new "dirt" they are bringing in? Nice!) Another coach was catching for a pitcher at the pitching lane on the side of the field and the ball went into the desert. He came back with two balls, the other one had...
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    College Scouts

    Don't give up hope! (BTW, I am a HUGE wildcat fan) Here is an article about the UofA having walk-on tryouts in 2008. Do some research on this, you never know, it could be useful! Softball to Hold Walk-On Tryout - ARIZONA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE Here is some inspiration: When my sister in law...
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    Looking for advice

    SoCalSoftballdad: I understand everything but the bolded. Can you clarify? Thanks! Softballmama
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    12YO DD has a D1 coach looking at her!

    An 8U all star coach who was frustrated that his team was losing . . . Last year my DD's 8U all star team all had to take off their sequined headbands made especially for the occasion because the opposing coach complained they were a distraction. True story. :(
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    Good Sportsmanship??

    There was some question about when time expired because the ump never signaled that it had. Observers behind the plate (including me) did not hear the buzzer go off at all before the 3rd batter hit the ball. My assumption is it went of while everyone - both teams' fans - were cheering like...
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    What I learned about my DD this weekend...

    Sluggers, your posts are priceless! :) I agree with stephanie - we will be adding a new drill to our arsenal! ETA: YAY for your DD stephanie! Love it!
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    Good Sportsmanship??

    On the "other board", was the OP about a shoe tying incident? I would like to read it. Can you PM me the link?
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    Good Sportsmanship??

    Okay, but in any other sport can you think of an opportunity for a player to stop play to tie his/her shoe while the clock is running? My boy plays O-line on varsity squad. If he stopped at the line to tie his shoe . . . yes, that would be a topic of discussion. LOL
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    Good Sportsmanship??

    Yes, I have "slowed a game down" - by having my batter step out and take her time to bat so as not to let the pitcher speed it up to get her team back to the plate. I would also have my pitcher take her time if we were in the field. But I would never send a girl out with obvious instructions to...
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    Good Sportsmanship??

    It was a 10U ASA local tournament. Agree about getting the job done - the shoe tie stunt is not why they lost the game.

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