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Unless the ball is in the pitcher’s glove on her hand or in her pitching hand I would say that she does not have control of the ball. That said I have never seen a coach on the ball enough to realize that he can take advantage of the situation; if a coach were to take advantage of the situation the umpire had better be aware that the pitcher didn’t have control.
I would use the definition of a Legally Caught Ball as outlined in Rule 1 Section 58 as to whether or not the pitcher had control in conjunction with Pitching Regulations Rule 6 Section 1.e. whereby the pitcher is to have the ball in their glove or in their pitching hand.
It should be noted that if the pitcher is standing with both feet on the rubber and switches the ball from glove to hand or visa versa it is an illegal pitch.
When all is said and done remember what level of ball you are officiating. Preventative umpiring would be to either call time if the pitcher is fiddling around with whatever and doesn’t have control of the ball and/or have a word with the pitcher and/or coach and explain the rule.
For me to go to Strathmore from work it would be 100km round trip at 14l/100km x $0.93/l = $13.02. For me its not so much the money as the travel time.
Grant should have a handle on how many sets of equipment there are signed out. If we are going to continue the practice it wouldn’t hurt to have too many as long as the shipping doesn’t go up with each order.
Jim had the exams.
I have an expense form for $83 for juice, water, pop and snacks for the clinic, I was going to deduct the clinic fee from that.
I was too busy to fill out a registration form at the clinic, my info hasn’t changed so do I still need to do one?
PS: I’m doing my exam this weekend.
So many questions:
*I think that we were on Level I manual short for Peirson(?)
*Nobody got a Level II manual that should have.
*In all of the years that I have instructed at the clinic no one (or next to no one) has ever brought their manuals with them.
*Umpire cards – question for Jim.
*Certificates – Harley used to keep track of the certificates, not sure who is doing it now.
*Police checks – the two Kathy’s keep track but I’m not sure if they notify individuals when they need to be renewed.
*Grant has taken on the task of collecting and distributing the loaner equipment. At the clinic Tonya brought in a number of shirts and Annmarie brought in Bill’s equipment. I believe it all went into the loaner pool. I’m not sure of who all is to return their equipment, I was assigned to Briar and David. There are some people who want equipment and some who are buying their equipment. Once the dust has settled on who is doing what we will be able to determine how much we need to buy.
*Shayla – Agreed.For the ISF manuals for one, two, three, four, five and six man systems go to:
http://www.softball.ca/english/programs/umpiring/toolbox/umpire-toolbox.html
Jim wanted to go hard copy. If someone uses the online they won’t get the benefit of the answer session of sunday.
Didn’t do the registration or loaner forms but will do. Never heard of the welcome letter.
I’ve made 30 copies for presentation materials, is that enough? The potential registration list shows more.
Never heard of anything from ASUA; too late now.
The PowerPoint is just about ready to go. I’m adding some new videos and will embed them into the presentation tonight.
I’ve made copies of all the handouts except for what may be in the manuals.
Technically the request goes to Andy but he always forwards them on to us.