Thanks for the reply. I’m leaning almost 100% toward it being obstruction, but NSA’s stupid phrasing has me a little on the fence still. I’ve put NFHS rule below to contrast just how overly wordy NSA rule is.
NSA says “unless the fielder is…executing a play.” But later it falls back on the NFHS...
Well, it defines obstruction as, “hinders or impedes a batter’s attempt to make contact with a pitched ball or who impedes the progress of a runner or batter-runner legally running the bases, unless the fielder is in possession of the ball or is fielding a batted ball, executing a play or...
It was probably pretty much simultaneous. Fielder may have had ball in grasp already, as she spun around and applied tag before the runner’s other foot made it to bag.
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I’m warning the coach that my strike zone is gonna be greatly impacted but I’ve got to protect myself, so he best not give me a hard time because I’m calling from a poor position out of necessity.
And I’m using that catcher as a meat shield, basically calling from an old school box position and...
10U Rec league NSA
Catcher throws down to third on attempted steal. Third has their foot on nearest third of bag to home, close to corner. Throw pulls her toward the dugout but she caught it and goes to apply tag.
The bad throw actually allowed runner time to beat it by a step but as I see the...
NSA 10U Rec league, with safety bag
Ball hit to second baseman, who makes throw to first. First baseman positioned in front of fielder’s bag, bobbles throw and it rolls in front of safety bag. She’s basically taking up both bases trying to pick ball up, runner slows down, allowing first to...
Oh, I should have clarified which rules I meant since I quoted both. NSA is pitcher removal on second conference. I didn’t realize NFHS was 4/7. I need to get back in that rulebook hard again.
Thanks!
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Not technically a substitution (?), but a position change I guess. One of the rec leagues I do bats entire lineup, so no subs available.
I checked NSA and NFHS rulebook and didn’t see any rule against moving pitcher to another position, then returning them to pitch later in inning or next...
This actually caused a dust-up between myself and my regular partner in one of the rec leagues I call for. He was frustrated that I said I wouldn’t make up an out [emoji849] I told him the proper way to handle thrown bats was one warning to a batter, followed by ejection under unsportsmanlike...
I got such an awesome response to my first post that I also wanted to ask about another issue that’s been popping up a lot lately.
Yesterday, I was calling a middle school game that uses NFHS rules and we twice had errant throws take the fielder into the runner’s path at the bag. No obstruction...
Still figuring out how to correctly reply in the app but in reference to Northball saying my phrasing opened me up to an appeal. You corrected it to “protest.”
Because I didn’t stick to saying “Eh, it was secured coach” I would have needed to honor an appeal at their point if he’d insisted, you...
And that’s another thing I’m still working on after 6 years. Sometimes I offer up too much. By telling the coach I saw what he saw and understand why he’s asking about it, I feel like I probably did open myself up to an appeal.
At that point, he could say I wasn’t applying “securely”, thus...
Great advice on slowing down. Thank you. I’ve been calling 6 years and I still struggle with being too quick with my calls sometimes, especially on the bases.
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