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| Feb. 10, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Runner hit by fly ball SSUSA does not use pitching screens so they have no rule.. it would depend on the wording of your pitching screen rule that your Div. uses as to whether or not the pitcher is considered a defensive player.. if the pop fly could not be caught with reasonable effort then the umpire was correct in not making the IF call.. since the runner who was hit by the pop fly was standing on the bag the result of the play should have been a dead ball .. batter awarded 1st base and all runners forced to advance move up 1 base .. also I would not consider the pitcher a defensive player in this scenario so I would not consider that the ball had passed the closest fielder therefore a live ball |
| Feb. 6, 2025 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Umpires reversed call stick8.. OP says a defensive player.. (as I get back in the box to resume my at bat a defensive player yells out that I should be out and points to the 2nd base Ump to rule.) |
| Feb. 6, 2025 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Umpires reversed call even after talking to his partner the HP umpire should have manned up and told the defense that "HE" made an error and told the batter he had a foul to give and that the batter was not out on the foul ball.. |
| Jan. 25, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Umpire question DD.. that is no way to talk about DM or NA :) |
| Jan. 19, 2025 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Found Lost Watch Larry.. it's lucky that you found it and not DD.. he would have sold it on e-bay by now.. lol good luck |
| Jan. 16, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting or fielding team leaves their gate open by accident Dbrown5.. in a pre-game meeting with both mgrs. I go over what is REQUIRED by both teams and that is 1 of the issues mentioned.. I would never reward the offense extra bases when they are the ones who left their gate open and just the opposite for the defense.. |
| Jan. 15, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Clarification for pop-up caught by catcher rule I admit this is confusing.. one more thing I would consider is moving this from 1.29 FOUL TIP because it is actually not a foul tip .. also re-write F from 1.28 FOUL BALL .. and make F a ball that is hit and goes back over the batters head a foul ball and if caught is an out and a live ball |
| Jan. 15, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Clarification for pop-up caught by catcher rule Donna.. I was just going by what was posted from the national rules committee meeting... and at the end of the below it says the ball is dead .. which I was wondering about and was going to e-mail you and ask 1.5 • FOUL TIP & §7.4 C. • STRIKE CALLED BY UMPIRE – TECHNICAL CORRECTION – Proposal to modify the wording of these sections to make them easier to understand. Suggest adding sentences to foul tip definition to say: “A foul tip cannot be caught for an out. Note: Other balls (including one that goes over the batter’s head) can be caught for an out.” And also change 7.4.C by removing the phrase “the final strike” from the EFFECT sentence, which then would read: “The ball is dead. |
| Jan. 14, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Clarification for pop-up caught by catcher rule FTP.. yes .. when caught it’s an out and a dead ball |
| Jan. 12, 2025 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Looking For An Answer to Why 44/375 pcastellano28.. I believe we just talked about this Fri at the Saddlebrook fields.. what SSUSA decides to use as a ball has nothing to do with what our softball program here in The Villages uses.. We make our own decisions on equipment and balls being used just as most all divisions both mens and ladies leagues have altered the SSUSA rules to what their division wants.. 1 example is most divisions still allow bat warmers .. If you would like to see a change I would suggest you contact the board members of the Div you play in and have them contact John Rohan head of the Rec Dept and discuss it.. but I do believe that a decision to change would have to be ok'd by a majority of all Divisions.. Bill Johnson UIC The Villages |
| Jan. 10, 2025 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting or fielding team leaves their gate open by accident south florida.. the home or visiting team have nothing to do with it.. It is determined on whether it was the offense or defense that left it open.. if it was the defense I would award bases if it was the offense I would have a dead ball and keep the runners at the base that they had attained before the ball went into the dugout |
| Dec. 4, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call FF.. you are partially correct.. B1 is charged with the out B2 is not charged with anything and he would come to bat again "IF" he followed B1 in the lineup |
| Dec. 3, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call stick8.. I used to do USSSA about 10 yrs ago and there rule also does not cite anything about if an out is made?? just cites All base runners, if they have advanced, must return to the base occupied at the time the incorrect batter took a position in the batter’s box. |
| Dec. 2, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call Donna.. me too.. yes I have used the if you cant find it in SSUSA rule book then look in USA rule book many times over the years .. BUT when SSUSA does write out a rule as in batting out of order and it cites a) b) c) and d) in the rule why omit the part below of the USA rule.. "Any runner, who is called out prior to the discovery of the infraction, remains out." it's only 1 more sentence and gives a FULL explanation of what an umpire should do and how SSUSA wants the rule enforced .. :) |
| Dec. 2, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call Donna, ASA/USA spells it out more clearly?? lol well the SSUSA rule doesn't spell it out at all yes the SSUSA rule does say about nullifying all runs and that all runners return to their bases.. but no mention of keeping any outs that were made.. as you know many SSUSA rules have been changed for senior play and have not totally copied the USA version of the rule .. how would an umpire know that this wasn't 1 of them?? If during a game a manager questioned/protested the runner being out in the above scenario as a UIC of the tournament how would you SHOW him that you are correct... would you pull out a USA version of the rule?? I think that is something the rules committee should look at.. |
| Dec. 2, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call I'd agree with Donna if we were playing by USA/ASA rule set.. but SSUSA does not specify that a runner called out remains out .. if they are following USA/ASA rule set then the rule should be re-written and worded properly to cover this.. below is part of the USA rule 3 Any advancement or score of a runner as a result of the incorrect batter is negated. Runners not called out must return to the last base occupied at the time of the pitch. Any runner, who is called out prior to the discovery of the infraction, remains out. |
| Nov. 30, 2024 B.J. | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call the out isn't recorded on the batter who batted out of order it goes to the batter that should have legally batted.. the result is 1 out all runners return to their original bases and the batter who follows the batter that should have batted is up to bat.. even if it's the batter that batted out of order originally |
| Nov. 25, 2024 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Bases loaded, less than 2 outs I hate to say this but for "ONCE" I agree with DD and stick8 they coulnd't get a triple play because the fielder that tagged the runner going from second to third was alsready out when the fielder stepped on 3rd base before throwing home so that runner was already out |
| Nov. 23, 2024 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Scoring Line Randall.. if the runner leaves the field and enters the dugout he should be called out immediately.. no appeal is necessary |
| Nov. 16, 2024 B.J. | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Interference? Jab, the SSUSA umpire you asked on site gave you the correct call.. |
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