- Jul 31, 2019
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Popup lands on the right edge of the chalk 30 feet past 1B. Ump calls it foul because the line runs down the middle of the chalk and it hit on the foul side of that line.
Popup lands on the right edge of the chalk 30 feet past 1B. Ump calls it foul because the line runs down the middle of the chalk and it hit on the foul side of that line.
Unsure on this one. Runner at 2B collides with SS fielding a grounder. Dead ball interference. Runner out. Batter goes to 1B
Or
Delayed dead ball. SS throws runner out at 1B anyway. Both are out.
I’ve had it called both ways. USSSA rule says the first way is right. But 18.8.H also says runner closest to home is out if illegal act by their team prevents a runner from being put out.
So I guess which is it. Same for batter interferes with throw to 3rd. Rule says dead ball batter out.
What if they clearly would have been thrown out. Are both out then as well.
Same for BR going backwards between 1B and home. Does that illegal act get another runner called out if it prevents a clear out from happening?
How liberal do you get with 18.8.H?
USSSA 12U Batter steps out of box in the way of catchers throw to 3rd. Is called out for interference. Coaches and parents and girls are clueless. Have no idea what rule is or how to not get called out. Parents coaches all yelling stay in the box. This is deep in national tournament winners bracket. Umpire stops gams and establishes control. Announcing loudly to everyone that batters box is the batters. Catcher has to go around her whatever she does as long as she’s in the box. If she is outside the box and interferes both batter and runner closest to home will be out.
Last one. Usssa my reading of the rules seems to tell me that pretty much in all cases a runner must avoid a fielder. Can’t make contact if fielder is on the bag when no play is being made. Can’t make contact in the base path rundown or not fielder has ball or not. If fielder is obstructing runner must slide or go around and hope ump calls obstruction. If they contact the fielder it is interference and overrides obstruction. They are out. I’ve never seen it coached or called this way so I’m guessing I’m reading it wrong?
Rundown between home and 3rd at LL WS last week. Runner clearly had to go around the 3rd baseman standing in front of bag waiting on the ball. Was tagged out instead of getting obstruction.
Usssa Strike Zone. Any part of ball over any part of plate between armpit and top of knees.
So ball could be mostly below knees if 1% of ball is at top of knee but 99% is below. Same for armpit. Ball could be pretty much all above the top of armpit except a sliver of it so essentially at the shoulder.
Why is it written this way? It is never called shoulders to bottom of knee.