https://www.closecallsports.com/2024/02/rain-ejections-after-umpires-order.html
I love the fact that CCS is giving softball coverage, especially when it is on issues that apply to any game.
Cal and Louisiana and a game that gets out of the umpires’ control. Wait, let me rephrase that: the...
"Flipping around the channels" and the LLWS softball regionals have started on ESPN+ and Hulu.
Watching Missouri/Iowa and Missouri just totally lost track of the game. Missouri in the field, bottom of the 3rd inning, down 5-4. Iowa has runners on 1st and 3rd with two outs. A chopper back to...
I haven’t said anything because I don’t want to jinx it, but I had a phone call today …
This Friday, the local college wooden bat league team (Springfield Lucky Horseshoes) is hosting their second annual “Battle of the Sexes” softball game to honor the Springfield Sallies...
Hopefully that title can be updated when we get there ...
I'm jumping ahead a little bit, but NFHS Baseball issued their overview of what is to come in 2024. Last year we didn't get NFHS Softball's update until August.
Here is what baseball is bringing to us...
I have an unusual question for coaches (and non-coaches) for some informal research ...
When you enter tournaments, what is your "cost per game"? Calculate this two ways:
Tournament entry fee(s) / minimum # of games guaranteed
Tournament entry fee(s) / actual games played
(I know, actual...
No guarantee yet ...
I entered a drawing for tickets to the Athletes Unlimited games in Rosemont over the next several days. I received an e-mail this afternoon that I won four tickets to tomorrow's game, but can't make a less than 24-hour turnaround to go.
I sent them a message asking if...
A couple of highlight videos from our area high school All-Star games yesterday ...
https://www.channel1450.com/2023/06/19/gleckler-hits-sac-fly-to-walk-it-off-for-central-state-eight-against-area-in-all-star-softball-game/...
Based on @Westwind 's comment in https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/things-college-softball-announcers-can-quit-saying-2022-edition.43117/page-8 ... Here is an off-shoot thread of things that I noticed frequently this year during the high school season ...
Yes, keep one foot in the box...
Not exactly what you have come to expect on here, but I need to drop an SPB ...
My son will umpiring the home opener of our local "minor league" baseball team. I say that in quotes because it is an independent summer wooden bat league ... but I'm proud of him!
Runners on first and second, 2 outs, windy day. Batter pops up near third base. F5 sets up in fair territory pretty mush directly between second and third bases. She sees the wind is taking it foul, and starts to drift with it. Before she clears third base (into foul territory), R2 runs into...
I guess the rules forum is the best place to post this. It is for coaches and officials, but it always provides insight into what bees are in their bonnets for next year ...
First section asks about satisfaction with the 2022-23 rules changes (I'm going to abbreviate these, Yes/No answers)...
Softball finally getting some Close Call Sports love!
So many things near and dear to my heart here ... We have Mississippi (even if it is State), we have a damned fine call by an umpire, we have a crazy assistant coach who is dressed like an umpire, and we have runs coming back off the board...
Question for you ... please answer as a parent and/or as a coach ...
Quick background (without the dirty details):
Our local complex closed at the end of last year as the organization that ran it folded. During a recent conversation with a former board member of the organization, the board...
Join us as we explore a space more mysterious than the Bermuda Triangle, more debated than the Kennedy Assassination, and more misunderstood than a Georgia O'Keefe painting ... the strike zone.
"Do not try to bend the strike zone. That is impossible. Instead, only realize the truth. There is...
I'm behind the plate for a middle school softball game followed by "B innings" afterwards. "B innings" are just a chance to get the younger kids/lower grades a chance to play. We don't handle line up cards and they add all kinds of things to keep it moving (such as 3 outs, 5 runs, or 9 batters...
Regional games are streaming on ESPN+.
Looks as if they are not retaining any games or putting them "on demand" -- you catch it live or you don't catch it at all. Seems rather counterproductive to me, especially since there is no way to record these games on streaming.
Go Beardstown (IL!)!
https://www.nfhs.org/articles/jewelry-permitted-in-2023-high-school-softball-rules-changes/
https://www.nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/softball-rules-changes-2023/
2023 SOFTBALL POINTS OF EMPHASIS
Time Between Innings
Jewelry and Electronic Communication
Sportsmanship
Comparable Drying...
Although we use the term "Running Lane Interference" you will not find that term in any of the rulebooks. Just a fun fact. Also, the terms "running lane" and "runner's lane" are used interchangeably with some codes preferring one or the other and some codes using both.
I am not familiar with...