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"Don't like the Blue's call?" or "Do you want to be an umpire!?"
Thanks for jumping in and taking the plunge; you’ll do great. The sport needs umpires and, with your previous experience, the learning curve ought to be almost non-existent. It’s not uncommon to umpire 8-10 games during a weekend tournament or friendly. That’s $400-500 (usually cash) which is...- Luke
- Post #22
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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College strike zone, Sheeeesh
The strike zone is not the width of the plate (which is 17 inches). By definition, in EVERY rule-set, if ANY part of the ball touches any part of the plate, a strike shall be called. Because a softball is 3.8 inches wide, the strike zone is actually 24 inches wide and not 17 inches. More...- Luke
- Post #39
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Terrible human being
Umpire here...the umpire should have intervened after the first comment was directed at an opposing player, coach, or spectator. In short, the umpire failed. There is a code of conduct, which has been formalized, in both high school sports and college sports which prohibits teams from addressing...- Luke
- Post #40
- Forum: Coaching Softball
