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| Sept. 26, 2017 Bill B | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bad experience for a Class Tournament - Worlds Doker, I agree |
| Sept. 26, 2017 Bill B | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bad experience for a Class Tournament - Worlds Does it say anywhere in the rule book that an umpire has the right to pick and choose which rules he/she is going to call/enforce? |
| Sept. 26, 2017 Bill B | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bad experience for a Class Tournament - Worlds Doker, Sorry but you are wrong. If the run scores and then you appeal the runner NOT advancing to the next base and there were two outs, the RUN DOES NOT COUNT. Reason: It becomes a force play. Third out is made run does not count. End of story. My point in this is NOT to argue with ANYBODY but to make all umpires accountable. Hopefully they won't assume players do everything correctly and turn their back on plays. There are some real good umpires out there. It's the BAD ones that make it hard for the Good ones. To ALL softball players. How many times have you played in BIG Tournaments and in one game and umpire makes a call whether it's right or wrong. But in the next game, exact same play, different umpire and he/she interprets the Play/Rule differently. Example: Pitched Ball hits the BLACK around the plate. Umpire 1 calls it a STRIKE. Umpire 1 says the Black IS part of the plate. Umpire 2 says it is a BALL. The BLACK is NOT part of the plate. The question isn't who's right and who's wrong. The question is, WHY aren't ALL umpires on the same page? As for the original question. Batter slides into home, HE IS OUT. IT's A RULE. Please do not say Rules are made to be broken. |
| Sept. 25, 2017 Bill B | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bad experience for a Class Tournament - Worlds In this situation the umpire was unprofessional. No matter what, the game is not over until the umpire calls the final batter/ Base runner out or the winning run scores. I want to ask ALL you softball players out there a question. I have seen this happen. I've been on both sides of this, as a player and an umpire. Question, Bases loaded, tie score, home team up at bat 2 outs. Batter hits a base hit, out fielder tries to throw out the runner from third at the plate, run scores, but runner on second in the excitement NEVER advanced to third base. Whats the call? For those of you that do not know. There is NO call until it is appealed. IF, you don't make and appeal and the umpire is aware of the play and you walk off the field the umpire is not going to call the runner out. If the umpire turns his back on the play because the so-called winning run scored, he is being lazy and assumed everything is correct. Now tell me, would you and your teammates be upset/mad at the umpire if he did not pay attention? As an umpire I have called base runners OUT for not advancing. As a player I have appealed plays just like that. WON the appeal. Game continued. We ended up winning the game in the next inning. To ALL umpires. PLEASE do not turn you back on ANY play until TIMEOUT is called, the final out is made OR, YOU call the winning run SAFE. The catcher in any inning needs to make the umpire aware that in that situation your team is going to make sure all runners advance. Yes if there is no outs and two runners do not advance it is a waste of time to appeal. |
| Jan. 9, 2016 Bill B | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double Force Out at the Plate The Rule is from what I've been told over and over. If a play like that happens, Runner A is out. Runner B would be safe. For runner B to be called out, the Catcher MUST take his foot OFF the plate and re-touch the plate before Runner B scores. Each play is a separate play. |
| June 7, 2011 Bill B | Topic: Women's softball Discussion: Results Does anybody know the results from Rock N Reno? |
