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  1. eddieq

    Drop Dead question

    You've seen my honeymoon videos?
  2. eddieq

    Interference on pop up

    Different animal. Here, the runner interfered with F6 fielding a batted ground ball not catching a routine fly ball. Runner out, put everyone back, place the batter runner on 1st and only advance runners that are forced (if any). HOWEVER (and here is the rabbit hole and you'll know it when...
  3. eddieq

    Drop Dead question

    Since this thread is still going - my favorite timed tournament I did was an October “awareness” one. They had a big air horn. Everyone started on the horn, and when the horn sounded again we were done. Pitch in flight? Oh well. Move on. Horn is gonna sound in 15 minutes for the next game start.
  4. eddieq

    Interference on pop up

    You can. You’ll know it when you see it. I will always give benefit of doubt to the offended team. This is a rabbit warren of “what if” unfortunately. The rule says the interfering runner is out, everyone returns to the last base touched, if the interference prevented the catch, the batter...
  5. eddieq

    Interference on pop up

    Not really. If the runner hadn’t interfered you’d likely only have the one out (barring some other base running mistake). The runner that interfered is out for the interference. Since that interference prevented the defense from legally catching a fly ball, you get that out as well by rule. Like...
  6. eddieq

    Defacing the Ball

    Use the contact info to reach out to NFHS with your arguments. Rule interpretations carry as much, if not greater weight as the rulebook. As umpires we are instructed to consider both when making a ruling. We always refer to case play for odd situations. Not a direct correlation but akin to...
  7. eddieq

    Defacing the Ball

    The 2024 Interpretations specifically say that rubbing dirt into the ball and rubbing the ball into the dirt are both defacing it. The document is available here - see "situation 2"
  8. eddieq

    Defacing the Ball

    Here is how you contact NFHS to explain to them how wrong they are https://www.nfhs.org/who-we-are/contactus
  9. eddieq

    Drop Dead question

    When I've umpired tournaments with "drop dead finish the batter", I always let the batter finish any apparent attempt to run bases, etc. and all playing action to be completed before I called the game. Barring any specific direction from the TD or UIC, that's how I would handle it. As noted...
  10. eddieq

    Interference on pop up

    Cue 5 pages of discussion on "but he caught the ball"
  11. eddieq

    Two calls from last night:

    Barely relevant content follows: I live across the street from the property where the local middle school games are played (bb and sb). I saw the bus arrive with uniformed players for a bb game and walked over with the dog to watch some baseball. There was no umpire there so the coaches took...
  12. eddieq

    Dropped third strike play

    Pseudo relevant content occurs here: Community 15U last night 1-2 count, runner on third. Ball in the dirt, gets past the catcher. I call a ball, roll my indicator wheel, clear the catcher, etc. getting ready for a call at home. Runner steals home safely, moves off, I reset, batter steps...
  13. eddieq

    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    I've been rereading this thread including my own statements. Parsing it all, I think we all agree here, it's just semantics. Of course when dealing with multiple rule sets and often ambiguous language, you get these long discussions about a seemingly simple point of rules or play execution...
  14. eddieq

    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    To the point of the throw coming from foul territory, USA does say that the br can run in fair territory and not be guilty of accidental interference so I understand where coachjd is coming from.
  15. eddieq

    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    The running lane applies to the batter runner which is what you have in a d3k situation. The safety base rules say offense uses contrasting colored portion and the defense uses the white portion. There is no exception made for the d3k situation. And the rules do say that if an errant throw...
  16. eddieq

    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    I have seen coaches around here instructing (and practicing) that F3 sets up in foul territory on a D3K and F2 always throws to there. Honestly, if the BR is running properly in the designated lane, and gets hit, that's on the defense. That said, the side effect always seems to be that the...
  17. eddieq

    Got a good one for you . . .

    From the context, I presume they were going to flip a coin on whether the batter should be out or not.
  18. eddieq

    Got a good one for you . . .

    I agree here. You can support it with rules too (although stretching a little). First, USA says in pool play if a player leaves the game for an injury, you compress the lineup and no penalty. This may not be pool play, but we are batting more than 9 so let's assume the rules and exceptions...
  19. eddieq

    ***Duffle Bag and Training Ball Member Giveaway***

    Hopefully not too late but IN
  20. eddieq

    Mound improvements between innings.

    Why punish the defense for an infraction by the offense or more specifically why reward the offense for committing an infraction? There are penalties described for a pitcher not delivering a pitch in time and there are penalties for the batter not being ready in time.

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