IN THE BOX! That's the key, in the box. If the contact with the ball is in the box then she is not in jeopardy. I thought we all understood that part and it did not need to be mentioned, guess I was wrong on that one.
Don't know what you mean direct or pop.
She cannot hit a fouled ball in fair territory. A foul ball is in foul territory, a fair ball in fair. If she contacts the ball in foul territory the ball is dead. If a defender had an opportunity to get an out it's interference and the batter is out...
It's the location of the ball. What if she pops it up down the first base line, is running to first and the ball, in fair territory before contacting the ground, hits the batter-runner and then hits the ground? She's out. If the batter-runner contacts the batted ball over fair territory she...
No, if it is discovered before the batter finishes her turn at bat she is removed and the proper batter is brought to the plate and assumes her count. It would not be an out unless she reached base safely. Then it is an out and all other action is nullified
I think the pause is fine, she is within the parameters of the rules and honoring the spirit of the rule as well, that part is not illegal.
I would like to see it closer, so the hands come together on her side? Then do they make contact again in front?
I can see what you are saying, only the HPU calls it verbally and will he or won't she?
Two things:
1) Every call depends on the judgment of one of the umpires on the field regardless of the routine or difficulty in making the play or the call. You are always at the mercy of his judgment...
No it isn't. The infield fly rule clearly states that if the rule should have been enforced the HPU has the opportunity to go back and rectify the situation.
The umpire manual says that the HPU has the ability to rectify any situation where a misapplication of a rule causes either team to be...
Unfortunately, at times, JV is not given the same diligence as varsity but the rules are no different for JV. It is a disservice to the girls and the coaches who are supposed to be learning the game but don't follow the rules.
My fear is that a coach will realize that a thrown ball hitting the ODB will kill the ball and begin coaching his girls to throw the ball and hit her to stop runners. (Don't dismiss this, we all know that coach)
Then we have created an even bigger can of worms. How do you handle the defensive...
What would trigger the time out? Just the defense possessing the ball in the infield and the runners being still on the bases? I do not like that. My dd took many bases as the ss made a nonchalant throw back to the pitcher. I might lean more in favor if the ball still has to make it to the...
When DD was playing we went to Sandusky for our end of the year tournament every year. Spend one day on Nickle Beach in Huron, OH and went to Cedar point, discount tickets through tournament, Monday. It was an enjoyable experience. Softball was average but the time at the beach with friends...
I have never had a call protested. We have always been able to work things out at the field. I am not saying we've never missed a call but we are able to work things out. Or the coaches have decided not to risk the protest fee, I'm not sure, so I am not really certain how the protest works.
I do like the idea of refunding the fee if the protest changes the ruling. If the umpires were correct then the fee applies for holding up the game, if the umpires were wrong the team is not punished for insuring the proper call. Sounds reasonable to me.
If they called it bottom of the knee then you will just move the zone up and down the size of the softball. You'll have strikes called that are chin high and mid shin. No one wants to see that, except maybe pitchers, their parents, and pitching coaches.
Again, not familiar with USSSA, but mostly this is not exactly true with other rulesets. We do not want the players making contact at all if possible, but it's not always possible. When there is contact the umpire has three choices: 1) no foul, just a softball play 2) interference 3)...
As long as the batter's follow through is natural and normal. If she begins to do jumping jacks or swing her hands in the air and appear to interfere intentionally then the box is no protection for her. It's not an automatic safe zone but affords a little more protection than wandering around...
Immediate dead ball, runner guilty of interference is out.
Not real familiar with USSSA, but most rulesets have a provision for a retired runner, closest to home is out, or an interference that would have prohibited a double play, runner closest to home is out. (If you call this one you have...
If this is a question about the rule then the umpire got it wrong.
NFHS Rule 1-1 article 5 says the infield and outfield, INCLUDING THEIR BOUNDARY MARKS...are fair grounds"
Rule 1-1 article 8 says the outermost edge of each boundary mark is its restricting line