- Feb 22, 2013
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Watched my dd pitch at a TB tournament this weekend. Home plate umpire came out and issued my dd a verbal warning for spinning inside pitches towards the batter. He told her that she could break someone's hand if the batter swung at the pitch and the ball hit the batter's hand. He then went and issued a verbal warning to dd's catcher telling her that she was setting up too far inside on the plate and if she did it again she would be removed from the game.
Catcher was upset because opposing batters were crowding home plate so much that the batters were practically standing on home plate. Catcher came in between innings and asked if the umpire could give a warning for setting up too far inside. I told her that he just did and that she would have to adapt. Catcher usually moves slightly inside or outside depending on pitch location after pitcher starts wind up but prior to pitch.
Catcher adapted just fine and didn't move when screwball were called to right handed batters.
As I watched the remainder of the game I thought it was amusing that the opposing pitcher hit my dd with an inside pitch in the following inning and hit another batter from my dd's team in the next couple of innings. Opposing pitcher also threw a pitch on the wrong side of a right handed batter that barely missed the batter's back legs. At no time during the game did the umpire address the opposing pitcher.
Opposing pitcher must have been pitching with the right spin on the ball.
After the game dd and catcher were talking and asked if umpire could give warnings like the HU gave them? I said sure and that they handled themselves just fine. Then I went on to tell them that just a couple of years ago, I was pulled over at 2:00 a.m. on the way home from work and issued a warning for driving too close to the yellow line. I am guessing that too close for some people is just fine for others.
Thought I'd share this weekend TB event and ask, what are some of the other things that you have seen that required an umpire to give a verbal warning to players?
Catcher was upset because opposing batters were crowding home plate so much that the batters were practically standing on home plate. Catcher came in between innings and asked if the umpire could give a warning for setting up too far inside. I told her that he just did and that she would have to adapt. Catcher usually moves slightly inside or outside depending on pitch location after pitcher starts wind up but prior to pitch.
Catcher adapted just fine and didn't move when screwball were called to right handed batters.
As I watched the remainder of the game I thought it was amusing that the opposing pitcher hit my dd with an inside pitch in the following inning and hit another batter from my dd's team in the next couple of innings. Opposing pitcher also threw a pitch on the wrong side of a right handed batter that barely missed the batter's back legs. At no time during the game did the umpire address the opposing pitcher.
Opposing pitcher must have been pitching with the right spin on the ball.
After the game dd and catcher were talking and asked if umpire could give warnings like the HU gave them? I said sure and that they handled themselves just fine. Then I went on to tell them that just a couple of years ago, I was pulled over at 2:00 a.m. on the way home from work and issued a warning for driving too close to the yellow line. I am guessing that too close for some people is just fine for others.
Thought I'd share this weekend TB event and ask, what are some of the other things that you have seen that required an umpire to give a verbal warning to players?