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    Not my kids, but almost...

    During the summer between DD1's freshman and sophomore years in HS, DW and I were on campus for some event and the principal approached us. Fresh off the heels of the school's first appearance in the post-season in over 12 years, the 10 year softball coach had decided to resign from the...
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    Infield Fly Rule

    ASA 12u rec ball, no outs, R1 on 2B, R2 on 1B, B3 hits a pop-up into the Bermuda's Triangle between F1, F4, and F6, shading more towards F4. As the ball reaches its apex, F4, playing deep, gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look and doesn't move towards it. F1 turns around and points at it...
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    Obstruction in rundown (NFHS)

    HS varsity game using NFHS R1 on 3B leads off as F1 delivers a pitch. F2 throws to F5 and a rundown ensues. The ball goes back and forth between F2 and F5 and F6 several times and in one instance, R1 is obstructed by F5 while she is running towards 3B and F2 was about to throw to F6 near 3B. BU...
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    A different kind of "proud of her" moment...

    DD2 just completed her first year of travel and is entering her second year of 12u. Towards the end of the last season, she told us that she wanted to tryout for other teams. I thought it was just a phase she was going through and maybe she was a bit tired of her teammates at that point after...
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    Batting out of order vs. unreported substitute

    Scenario 1: With one out, B2 Sally Smith strikes out. Before the next pitch is thrown, the defensive coach appeals to the umpire that the batter should have been Jane Jones. After conferring with the offensive coach, it is determined that Sally Smith was an unreported substitute for Jane Jones...
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    Class of 2035

    Introducing our latest offering to the fastpitch world: We're already fielding offers from several D-I and D-II schools for her services come 2035! Currently she's her team's leader in MD (milk drank) and DD (diapers destroyed).
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    Base path in a pickle

    Does the runner's base path "reset" when caught in a pickle every time the ball is thrown? Saw a girl get caught in a rundown between 3B and HP on a pick-off throw by the catcher. By the end of play, the ball had been thrown back and forth 6 or 7 times, and the runner had been 12-14 feet away...
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    Softball Skirt?

    On the field opposite of where my daughter was playing last week, the left fielder was wearing something that I could only describe as a skirt. She was wearing softball pants, and on top of that was the "skirt" made from the same material as her pants, coming down below her knees. I apologize...
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    All this talk about lines got me thinking...

    So, I didn't want to interfere with the discussion in the other topic about redrawing batter boxes, but it got me thinking about a situation I encountered this season: HS, Varsity, NFHS As some of you may remember, we had a game at a field with a tree in left-field foul territory. This is at...
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    Tree on the field

    HS Varsity, NFHS/CIF rules: We are the visiting team. At the plate meeting, umpire points out the decently-sized tree growing in left-field foul territory. It has about 3 trunks growing out at odd angles, none of which infringe onto fair territory. A ball hit down the line could conceivably end...
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    1 dozen TCB Balls on Amazon Lightning Deals - $66

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FW6ZBXI? Be sure to select 12-pack and frustration-free packaging for the offer. Valid for another 3 hours.
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    6 ip, 0 r, 0 h, 0 bb, 8 k

    Finally, something I can post on this forum!!! One error away from a perfect game. This was my older DD in a 16u game at a showcase tournament. Unfortunately, it was on Sunday, so there were no coaches around to watch her pitch. Doesn't matter, she was still pretty stoked about it.
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    Restrictions on eye black (NFHS)

    Two questions: 1) My older DD had a new one sprung on her in her last game. HS, NFHS rules with CIF-SS modifications. She puts a typical smudge of eye black under each eye and then smears it down her cheek with three fingers. The plate umpire told her she couldn't play with the eye black like...
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    Help with older DD

    My older DD is a freshman pitcher on the varsity team. She's currently getting all of the circle time for her team after starting off with a 55%-30%-15% split, and one of the junior pitchers (30%) on the team is giving her a hard time about it. It finally got to my DD in the last game as she...
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    Obstruction at home?

    I need the hive-mind's analysis here. Full disclosure: I am the offense team's coach. 10u, ASA, 2 outs, R1 on 3B, leading off on the pitch, B2 hits a groundball to F5. R1 continues home, and F5 throws to F2, who has come out from behind home plate and is either just on the foul side of the...
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    Bunt Attempt

    ASA 10u: With 0 balls and 0 strikes, B1 squares around to bunt. As the pitch is coming in, she moves her bat towards the ball and then pulls it back before it reaches the plate. The ball does not enter the strike zone (it bounced right in front of the plate). The umpire calls a strike. He...
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    Need help with tiebreaker scenario

    Tiebreakers are as follows: 1) Head-to-Head 2) Runs allowed 3) Runs for 4) Coin flip That's all that was listed. Teams A, B, and C finished 1-1 in pool play. Team A beat Team B. Team B beat Team C. Team A and Team C did not play each other. Team A runs allowed = 14 Team B runs allowed = 6...
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    State Softball Title Game Ends On Walk-Off Inside-The-Park Strikeout

    It's all in the title: Link I've seen this before in rec ball, as high up as 14u rec ball, really didn't expect to see this at a HS state championship game.
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    Baseball: 11-Year-Old Struck In Head And Killed By Batted Ball

    Alex Newsome, a left-handed pitcher, was throwing at batting practice when he was hit in the head by a line drive around 4 p.m. Newsome, a manager for the middle-school team, was pitching from behind a protective screen, but had leaned slightly outside the net. Local baseball community mourns...
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    Batter bails out of the box

    ASA 8u Rec Nobody on, nobody out, BR1 takes her place in the box. F1 pitches the ball. BR1 steps backwards out of the box after F1 releases the ball and before it reaches F2 and: a) batter does not swing at the pitch and the pitch enters the strike zone. b) batter does not swing at the pitch...

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