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    Where is the strike zone?

    Great post…great info. Thank you! I don’t do college, but I can tell you that - in my experience - in any decent, high quality 18U tournament and even in high quality 14U, if you call strikes where the bottom of the ball catches the batter’s armpits, you are in for a very long day. Frankly, I...
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    Finish Inning vs Finish Batter

    mmeece “Just goes to show you we all see different rules.” Apparently so. Seems odd to me, but I guess what I’m used to seems odd to you. RedeemerKing I totally understand - and agree with - your frustration about being told at ground rules the time limit is one thing, then tying the game...
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    Finish Inning vs Finish Batter

    I guess I must be missing something here - but I doubt it. After 20 years of coaching travel softball, and 15 years of umpiring fast pitch tournaments both before and after my coaching career, I have NEVER seen a tournament that counted runs that were scored in an incomplete inning due to a time...
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    Please respect your umpires

    I had almost the same situation, and the same response to the coach, in a rec league 12U playoff game this past week. 1st and 2nd, 1 down. Ground ball to SS. She goes for the lead runner at 3B, but the slow throw was off the mark toward the LF side of the 3B bag. F5 plants her foot on that side...
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    Please respect your umpires

    The weekend before last, I umpired an in-house tournament for a large local rec league. I had 18U pool play on Sat, and elimination play in the 12U division at another park on Sun. Four games on Sunday, so I had teams multiple times. Hot weekend, no breaks, tiring to be sure. Championship...
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    Fair Ball in Batter's Box

    You were right. Home plate is in fair territory.
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    Please respect your umpires

    I saw this a couple years ago on a fence at a field in the Pennsbury AA. Took the picture, just because it’s so rare.
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    Is this obstruction?

    jackfrost and flash277 Thanks very much for the correction. Now that I had time to look it up, you are both quite right. However, I know when I’m not certain, and that’s why I said, “I will fully admit that I wouldn’t bet a thousand dollars on my answer.” No money lost. Thanks again for...
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    Is this obstruction?

    Once she entered the dugout, she lost the right to go back and touch the plate. And since she couldn’t be called out between 3B and home, 3B is the only place to put her. I will fully admit that I wouldn’t bet a thousand dollars on my answer. But I would bet that you’ll never see all of this...
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    Is this obstruction?

    No, she is still obligated to touch home. Since obstruction is a delayed dead ball, nothing happens unless she is tagged out. She is protected between the two bases where the obstruction occurred. In my obstruction at 1B example, if she’s tagged out before reaching 2B, it’s a dead ball, and the...
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    Is this obstruction?

    Yes, I would definitely consider it obstruction. No different than when low level players have their 1st baseman standing on the bag with the batted ball in the OF and no chance of any play at 1st, so the low level batter runner just goes around the bag. Save yourself some trouble though and...
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    Bunter out while in the box

    It doesn’t matter what rule set. If the batted ball comes back and hits the batter while she’s still in the batter’s box - ANY PART of the batter’s box - it’s a dead ball and a strike on the batter if she has less than 2 strikes on her. The reason there’s a fair and foul part of the batter’s box...
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    Strike zone question

    I’m not sure what age group you’re all talking about, but it’s critical to know. Yes, I know what the rule book says. 14U (let alone 12’s and 10’s) is a world apart from 18U. Best of luck to those plate umpires who consistently call strikes in solid 18U Class A play where even the middle of...
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    Intimidation Unsportsmanlike Disqualification

    OMG, YES!!! I don't usually hear them past 12U, and I do very few games at that level any more - so it's not as much of a problem for me as it used to be. But when I do, the first time I hear it, I shut it right down. Unless it's getting out of hand, I will wait until the inning ends, get both...
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    Intimidation Unsportsmanlike Disqualification

    As a coach, I always had my pitcher do everything slowly, so as not to draw an umpire's attention and possibly take off the LBR. With my teams that could play, I'd have her get the ball back from the catcher, and as she was returning to the rubber, lower her head (with a glance toward the...
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    Look Back Rule

    I believe all of you who have said that there are top notch teams that do this. Westwind made a very strong pitch for its effectiveness when done correctly. And I will take him up on his suggestion to watch Bandits games on YouTube. In speaking of base running pressure, I should say that if...
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    Batter interference?

    When I was coaching, this was something I had to go over with all the batters. Not because all of them were guilty of it, but because there are enough girls who - usually out of being polite and wanting to get out of the way - would try to clear a lane for the catcher’s throw. Often kills you...
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    Heads up.

    Yes.... COVID-19 rule, used in about 1/2 of the games I’ve done over the past 2 months.
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    Heads up.

    In most of the games I’m doing, we NEVER get to touch the balls. Each side throws in replacement ball to their team when on defense.

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