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  1. marriard

    8U Travel obs fro this weekend

    I filled in on Sunday for an umpire who had heatstroke on Saturday... Ended up doing 8U (which is way less stressful to umpire than the college and HS games I did last week). Wow, there were a lot of $400 bats in 8U Travel And man, some of these 7 year olds can ball...
  2. marriard

    What is unacceptable umpiring behavior (as a fellow umpire)

    Someone messaged me privately saying that I go out of my way to 'protect' or 'defend' umpires... In many ways, yes, I am going to give the umpire the benefit of the doubt especially when we are only getting one side of what happened. I wasn't there - I don't know what ACTUALLY happened - nor...
  3. marriard

    This weekends adventure in umpiring.

    Well lets see... it was 1,000,000 degrees with 100% humidity. I was in a full sweat before we started the 8am game - it was like breathing water. So that was fun. Did 6 games Saturday (with 1 break), 5 today (with none). 13 hours Saturday... 9 Sunday plus 2 hours a day driving there and back...
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    Why is the deciding WCWS championship game at 3pm???

    Can't wait to hear this justification from the NCAA. You would think ESPN would want the game available to broadcast at 7pm like the other games. You have a great game that rates well and you decide to play it when people will find it hard to watch it. Especially the more casual fan who only...
  5. marriard

    ...also this weekend

    "Blue, what kind of strike zone do you have? Do you give them the river" Correct answer: "A strike is a strike" (For all those umpires out there - NEVER talk about a strike zone) The sarcastic answer in my head: "Yes, I like to make up my own rules and create a new strike zone based on personal...
  6. marriard

    ... and this weekend

    A coach told me I couldn't call his runner out for leaving early because "she is really fast and steals lots of bases" (Didn't say it, but in mind I am thinking maybe leaving early is part of that) Next inning he said "It is a really hard call to make" (Didn't say it, but in mind I am thinking...
  7. marriard

    Advice for all the younger age groups: Stop playing so SLOW

    Just spent a few weekends doing some younger age group games (and some older ones as well). HS age teams - they look for 10-15 minutes or so per inning as a goal. And that is for completing the whole inning - not a half. Not always achievable of course, but in general that is where you need to...
  8. marriard

    So we played....

    Back on the fields today. 2 wins. and now it is pool and cocktail time... It was interesting. Parents were spread along the outfield fence. I guess there was some social distancing. Generally parent cliques were together in groups. Social distancing in the dugout doesn't work. It just doesn't...
  9. marriard

    Revfire (Original) for sale....

    Original Revfire unit. Two 12" balls - one ball still in plastic, one still in great condition. $275 shipped. First to PM and pay within 24hrs gets it. No takers I'll dump it up on ebay. *** AND SOLD*****
  10. marriard

    College Success Stories

    Well, there have been some depressing threads on college recruiting the last few days - and they are important because all of them highlight the many, many pitfalls and issues and parent-blindness etc that happens way too often. But we should also celebrate the stories of ways it goes right...
  11. marriard

    Interesting selection of USA players playing in Australian championships

    Jordan Taylor and Sarah Pauly playing for West Australia Barnhill for Victoria Jailyn Ford for South Australia And a bunch of others... You can see a lot of games streaming/recorded on the Softball Australia youtube channel. http://www.softball.org.au/gilleys-to-feature-international-stars/
  12. marriard

    And it's stupid tryout season time again...

    And the level of stupidity and delusion continues to rise season after season Old tryout translator thread for laughs: https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/tryout-notice-translator.24898/ Old bad tryout notice thread for laughs...
  13. marriard

    DD Committed yesterday!!!

    After a long, tense wait for admissions acceptance, DD committed to play in college! This was her #1 choice of school - she has turned down a lot of other offers and a lot of other interest from schools in all 3 NCAA divisions and NAIA schools to go to the school she wanted to be educated at...
  14. marriard

    List of Nursing Friendly Softball College Programs

    Known Nursing Friendly Softball College Programs: Fairfield U (CT) - D1 St Francis (PA) Red Flash - D1 Liberty (VA) - D1 South Alabama (AL) - D1 Alabama (AL) - D1 Dominican College (NY) - D2 Concordia - Portland (OR) - D2 Holy Names (CA) - D2 Willliam Jewell (MO) - D2 University of Charleston...
  15. marriard

    Starting to sink in... Senior year

    So leaving after the end of our tournament this weekend and I thought "I never have to come to this crappy town ever again" Because this is the last year DD will play travel before college and according to our schedule, we will never have to play at that complex again. I can't think of any...
  16. marriard

    AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!

    Australia makes the Olympic field!!! Sad to see China and Chinese Taipai not have the chance. Both deserving of the opportunity. But rather them than the team I support.
  17. marriard

    The rarest of travel achievements

    We returned everyone this season. We played great last season, the coaches are great, all the families were great and everyone wanted to come back and do it again. Now 18U high level A/Gold team.
  18. marriard

    Seen some dumb things in recruiting videos, but this was new...

    I have seen it all - once saw a girl bunt a ball into her nose and bleed everywhere. Not only did they leave that in, you could see the blood on her shirt for the rest of the video. Also saw a video where the girl was just wearing a sports bra and volleyball shorts while her mother yelled...
  19. marriard

    Dear Catcher.. from your freindly umpire

    Been an interesting few weeks... after working a lot of HS, some college and some HS travel, I helped out locally on on some 10U/12/14U games the last couple of weekends. So... first, piece of advice for those younger catchers. Get with the https://www.catchingcamp.com or similar to learn to...
  20. marriard

    My kid thinks she is funny....

    So last weekend. we are playing a HS tournament out of town. Those in Florida know which one I am talking about... We are playing a highly ranked team we have never seen before from the other end of the state. DD decides it will be funny to throw ALL her warm up pitches on the rubber as...

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