Just out of curiosity, when an interpretation comes from a Regional UIC, how confident are we that he/she has vetted it with the Regional Director or higher? I...
haha, how would you like to call the hotline and say.... This is Bob Larson , NJ D1, I have a cleanup in progress (instead of a game in progress). ... From:...
I always taught my infielders not to do that for the simple reason that they are telling the runner where they are. I always taught my runners to ignore the...
... What's wrong with telling the runner where they are? It can force the runner to hesitate or move back toward the bag. Just what you want him to do. If...
Tournament sitch: 12yo Billy started for the home team last night, and pitched 32 pitches the first two innings. The rains came in the B3, and the game was...
I like them. They are popular here in the northwest where it can get cold even in mid-summer Here is my association's website with a picture of some of my...
I interpret it that any pitches over 20 in a continuation game are cumulative, so the total pithes comes into affect: 32+18 = 50 pitches thus he has to have 2...
I saw a CWS crew wearing them in the short sleeve mode - it was a rainy evening. They looked good. $20 is a steal for any kind of umpire gear. Jerry...
Having a brain fart today, can't think straight (too many meetings today), my notes/books aren't in my office, and I need to get an answer to a team asap. I...
No expert here, but sending this excerpt to you from the LGB, pages T-12& T-13, for players age 14 & below... f. A player may not pitch in consecutive games....
Bob, One of my leagues orders all their gear to award umpires from this source. Earlier they had the other jacket on the site on special order a jacket and a...
Yes... but only if they're regular corrective lenses, because *everybody* knows that pitchers can't wear sunglasses! TG CA - D3 ... From: Jerry McKissack...
Chet, the tournament pitching rest rules apply to, well, tournament pitching. What he pitched in a regular season game does not apply. If asked, "How many...
I saw the jacket at a recent game in Seattle. Frankly, I didn't realize it was an umpire jacket and thought it looked amateurish. But then that may have been...
Yeah, I paid the Honigs price _____ From: llumpires@yahoogroups.com [mailto:llumpires@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Larson Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009...
We had a fair amount of debate within our district staff concerning the following scenario... No runners. Fair grounder hit slowly to F3, a few feet off the...
Dave This is one of those that the rules lean more to "the way the game is played" than what logic and common sense would otherwise dictate - and still creates...
What consititutes the end of the play. Has the play ended once contact has been made w/ the bag? I've had this play, I had no ejections. Skip, he was in...
So what are you saying, Bob? Did you have an out or not? Manny Aponte VA D9 UIC To: llumpires@yahoogroups.com From: robert.b.larson@... Date: Fri, 3...
Senior All Star game last night. A relief pitcher comes in with the bases loaded...so he may choose to pitch from the windup, or from the set. And once he...
This is one of those that a picture would have been worth a hundred words -- think they would have minded if you whipped out your cell phone and took a quick...