An attempt, yes . . . an attempt does not mean a throw has to be made as long as the umpire believes the catcher held up because of the batter. Bad call, Blue. (I know that because I've kicked that one before.) Requiring the throw will result in catchers popping batters.
As for who is out...
I've got to say, that statement really bumps my shin guards.
Why are you hiring anybody and why are we having these conversations? It bugs me when umpires "won't work JV" and it bugs me even more when coaches treat JV that way.
One local private school will have 8 coaches sitting in their...
And, your point is . . . ??
(On another crazy tangent, we've been talking about racial profiling in one of my classes. Today, over half the class was gone. I pointed out that most serial killers are white, middle-aged men who try to hold positions of power. It took them a second.)
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Can I explicitly explain it to you? No, as these are usually HTBT moments (Had To Be There).
However, yes, there are a few possibilities:
1.) The "trainwreck" is generally accepted with a batter taking off and the catcher coming out to field the ball. "That's nothing!" is the prescribed...
You totally missed the point of my posts (sarcasm, although, those were real conversations). I was agreeing with what you say.
As @marriard stated, you are largely going to get retirees, guys who are unemployed and will do any game (machine pitch? Sure!) to make rent, or the exhausted 3rd...
@sanderson47 . . . thank you for stepping up and doing what you are doing.
As somebody who made a mid-life career change and became a teacher, what you are describing is no different than what I see in the classroom every day. I'm in my 4th year and I feel like a miserable failure every single...
Laughing because I just had this conversation today:
Mr. TMIB: “So, what does this mean?”
Student: “I don’t know, but Google said it is the answer.”
Mr. TMIB: “So, you copied it?”
Student: “No. Google gave me the answer, but I wrote it down.”
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No answer to the first.
To the second: Quick answer, because there is no safety standard for fielder’s masks. NFHS is not going to REQUIRE a piece of safety equipment that does not have a uniform standard.
More in depth answer: because NOCSAE’s standards are about concussion prevention, which...
Giving the like, but your last statement is not correct.
Schrodinger's Batter . . . they are simultaneously not out and out. They aren't out until they are out, but they have no legal reason to attempt to advance as they are either out or it is a foul ball.
If fair, the batter is out and you...
Not that many of you care (just as I am not reading much of this thread), but the Pablo Torres video is highly worthwhile.
Here is a shorter version of that student's story and a quick overview of what Ohio was doing.