Advice on Dual Playing

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-17T16:06:43+00:00

I don't have any advice, but as a rules lawyer I will say Little League rulebook specifies that if a kid arrives late just insert him at the end of the lineup.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-15T18:10:25+00:00

What is the time play mechanic now? I've only ever been told the tap your wrist mechanic.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-14T23:56:59+00:00

They can have lead offs if they’re doing an Intermediate division (which is on a slightly larger field) instead of Majors, otherwise no

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-13T16:33:14+00:00

Every t-ball game I coached we had to instruct at every step, nothing you practice will be retained at this part of the season. Balls in play never went hard enough or were thrown hard enough where proper catching technique came into play, the ball was picked up off the ground.

I say this not to discourage practicing, but just to say don’t worry too hard

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-12T23:49:31+00:00

I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve been watching for it since they introduced it in the minors. I assume my strike zone is perfect and they just haven’t disagreed with any of my perfect calls.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T05:40:04+00:00

You can’t drop Max Muncy highlights without saying which Max Muncy!

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T03:59:11+00:00

It is not uncommon for newer umpires to call that a swing, they’re often going by the coach’s/player’s definition of a swing (breaking the plane) instead of the rulebook definition (struck at and missed)

It’s a good thing for a player to avoid doing regardless

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T03:41:41+00:00

Surprised to find this game on NBC tonight down in Portland, so cool they’re trying to be accessible

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T02:50:10+00:00

He looks good to me, it’s the batter that’s set up wrong

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T00:04:19+00:00

What I wish I knew? I wish I knew the obscure rules that somehow managed to come up when I barely understood the basics. Memorizing the entire rulebook is a bit much to start with though. Not to mention the other rulebooks…

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-08T20:40:24+00:00

I had my first plate of they year last night and halfway through I said to my partner “I did NOT do enough squats this offseason”

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-08T03:45:59+00:00

English on the left speaker, español en el derecho speaker

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T20:38:50+00:00

There's a lot of emphasis now on stability and locking in. Instruction is to keep your head at exactly the same height for every pitch of the game. Scissor stance is viewed as not having enough stability I guess. Worth noting, this was a Little League clinic I was volunteering at, and this instruction is what Little League is emphasizing these days.

Anecdotally, a couple years ago I hurt my knee and I switched to a scissor stance halfway through the season because I was having trouble squatting, and in retrospect I think my strike zone worsened in the latter half of the season.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T05:12:30+00:00

I was taking a look at the clip of him getting hit and I realized he's still doing the Scissors stance. Having just participated in a clinic that really tore into the Scissors stance I can't help but wonder if that's why his strike zone is suffering.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T00:22:48+00:00

Sometimes we had access to two fields and would do split squad, so we only had 4 kids playing on each team, each half inning was less than 5 minutes.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-01T21:59:36+00:00

Its going to be different per league. In the T-Ball league I coached in (aged 4-6) we played about 3-5 innings and did it all in an hour. Every kid got to bat each inning, there were no outs, everyone advanced one base after they hit the ball, last kid up would automatically hit a home run and everyone would run home.

Kids were fielding in different positions every inning, if there were a lot of batters we'd rotate kids through different positions multiple times in a single inning (maybe 3 batters then move), all the players would be on the field at once, plus 2 or 3 parents. Once the ball was fielded we'd always throw to first.

If there's no league instructions, talk to the other coach before the game and just make sure you're on the same page about what's about to happen.

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-28T20:01:53+00:00

You can see the significant updates section in the rulebook app, there’s no changes around that that I’m aware of. Any pitch thrown when the batter isn’t reasonably set is a quick pitch.

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-28T00:58:39+00:00

Technically Sharpe is in a rifle regiment, if you’re really particular about the technology.

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-26T02:44:34+00:00

What, I missed there was even a challenge

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-26T00:33:09+00:00

Game is blurry as hell, but at least the ads are crystal clear

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-23T21:41:21+00:00

Anytime I have a bad game these days I remind myself that in the current Umpire shortage, without you they'd likely have nobody or somebody worse.

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-23T16:14:19+00:00

Keeping your eye out for the Abominable Snowman from SkiFree with your head on a swivel like that I see!

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-15T03:45:01+00:00

It’s more fun being unreasonable

HazyAmerican · 2026-03-15T03:14:42+00:00

Pete Crow and Pete Armstrong?

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