- Mar 28, 2013
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Hope you all had a great weekend. Just looking for some clarification on a few things that I know you'll be able to answer for me. The back story During the semi final game for the asa 12u A state championship the umpire decided he was going to be the illegal pitch Nazi and thrust his influence into the game. top of the first after allowing a strikeout on our lead batter he gathers up the pitcher, catcher and coaches and has a conversation/warning on her pitching. not to sure what the issue was but after that he allowed the inning to continue. the bottom of the first my DD on the mound who has never been called for an IP throws her first pitch. Right away the arm sticks out and he call an IP and awards a ball on strike three with no reason given. The next pitch same result. The reason was he thought that she was stepping out of the pitching lane. The problem I have is there was no lane drawn in. The rubber was below the level of the dirt so the edges were not visible he had no idea where her feet were in relation to the edge. Then he gathers my DDs coaches at the mound and draws with his finger lines from the mound edges forward and says she needs to be within those lines. which is ridiculous cause the white lines are 1.5 inches wide not finger width. No umpire in two years of A level travel ball in 5 states has ever thought she was out side those lines but this super vision blue new exactly where her foot was in relation to imaginary lines from a rubber he could not see. after frustrating our team for an inning and spotting the other team 2 runs once he drew in his finger lines my DD did not change a thing and he did not call it the next 6 innings. Proud of the way my DD responded to this PU garbage. we did lose the game by one but I'm not blaming the PU We had 6 innings to get that run back and did not lost by one 3-4.So I have some questions .First is it normal for umpires to call fouls on lines that don't exist. and second am I right in understanding that if any part of the foot is on the white line in the alley it is a legal pitch.
Also the base umpire who actually had the view never said a word and was never consulted.
Thanks in advance
Also the base umpire who actually had the view never said a word and was never consulted.
Thanks in advance