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| July 13, 2022 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: time limit rule for league play I should have said for all games that day. Our league has an early game that starts at 6:15pm and a late game that starts approximately at 7:45pm. I'm going to try to just remove the time limit rule completely. It can be used to shorten the game by a team that's winning . |
| June 23, 2022 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: time limit rule for league play Our league has a time limit rule that reads: End time: No new inning will start after 75 minutes from the start of the game. Ie: 75 minutes plus one inning for all early or late games. The situation we had was the first place team,visitors, (not my team) was down 5 runs and had just finished the 5th inning. game time was between 65 and 70 minutes into the time limit. Umpire decided the 6th inning would be the last inning and would be unlimited (we have a 5 run rule per inning, exept the last which is unlimited) The visiting team protested the game based on the example given in the rule (75 min. + 1 inning) and continued play. Visitors went down 1,2,3 and since visitors were losing game was called. If the home team would have batted, I don't think they would have finished before 75 Minutes was up. My questions: Did the umpire make the right decision in shortening the game and changing the playing of the 6th inning to play like the 7th inning? Is this a protestable situation because of the ambiguity of rule as written? Should this rule be rewritten because of it's ambiguity? I would appreciate any and all comments. Thank you |
| Sept. 7, 2020 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitchers stance and ball presentation Thanks guys. Always appreciate your input. |
| Sept. 5, 2020 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitchers stance and ball presentation Two questions I have: 1) It is my understanding that A pitcher is supposed to pause for one second and present the ball with either one hand or both hands. Does the pitcher actually have to show the batter the ball before he pitches or does the fact that he has paused with the ball in his mitt satisfy this condition before he pitches the ball? 2) Our league has a rule that a pitcher may stand up to ten feet behind the mound to pitch. My question is: once I have satisfied the ball presentation rule, can I take one or more steps forward before I release my pitch, as long as I stay in line with the rubber and the plate? |
| July 1, 2019 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Do we win or do we lose The umpire called it correctly but there was a lot of discussion on whether the out at second base was a force out or not. I just wanted to get clarification because the umpire didn't really clarify his ruling to both teams. Thanks for the comments. |
| June 27, 2019 joebodyman | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Do we win or do we lose Here is the situation. Bottom of the seventh inning, game tied, with one out and runners on 2nd and 3rd base. Fly ball hit to shallow left field. Runner on 3rd tags up and prepares to run home. Runner on 2nd base heads for 3rd base and doesn't tag up. Ball is caught for the second out and the runner on 3rd goes home. The runner who was at second going to third immediately heads back to second base but is thrown out before he reaches 2nd for the third out. The runner who tagged up at third has already crossed home plate before the out at second. Question: Does the run count because he scored before the third out or are we playing extra innings because the run doesn't count after the 3rd out? |
