I am only a second year umpire and this situation happened in a U12 game my first year. When the batter swung at strike two and started to run I immediately said strike two a little louder than normal. Was that the right thing to do? I’m not sure. But the runner stopped running and the catcher...
New umpire here. Question for umpires and coaches. I was base ump at a U14 tournament yesterday. One team was playing batter introduction walk up music (perhaps 5-10 seconds long.) As one batter was walking up to the plate her music came on and it was very explicit (I’m no choir boy) enough to...
New softball umpire fresh out of cadet class. My first game was JV scrimmage. I was the only umpire. First situation: both pitchers would get signal from coach, step on rubber, and immediately put their hands together and start their pitching motion. Because it was a scrimmage I informed both...