MrUmp1

There is no P in Hamshire

There is no P in Hamshire

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Look at what I put in bold in your quote. Thats the key. The batter must stay in his batting stance and not move and alter the play. If he never moves and the catcher hits him with the ball or his body then you have nothing. If he moves into the line of fire and alters the play then we have obstruction.

In an age where it is hard to get much press for our locals schools through media, I applaud Gary Stelly and the work he does for the Orange area schools. Orange area businesses and people are what keeps a station like KOGT on the air, He does more to promote all activities in the Orange area athletic or not than anyone else. I live in Beaumont and wish I could get his signal cause there is nothing like local owned media. 

In an age where it is hard to get much press for our locals schools through media, I applaud Gary Stelly and the work he does for the Orange area schools. Orange area businesses and people are what keeps a station like KOGT on the air, He does more to promote all activities in the Orange area athletic or not than anyone else. I live in Beaumont and wish I could get his signal cause there is nothing like local owned media. 

In an age where it is hard to get much press for our locals schools through media, I applaud Gary Stelly and the work he does for the Orange area schools. Orange area businesses and people are what keeps a station like KOGT on the air, He does more to promote all activities in the Orange area athletic or not than anyone else. I live in Beaumont and wish I could get his signal cause there is nothing like local owned media. 

On a pick off play I called a runner out, the coach yelled at me " you can't call him out just because he looked like he was out." 

On a pick off play I called a runner out, the coach yelled at me " you can't call him out just because he looked like he was out." 

On a pick off play I called a runner out, the coach yelled at me " you can't call him out just because he looked like he was out." 

SETXsports is proud to announce a new broadcast partner in 1450/1510 AM Sports Radio Beaumont starting with airing Silsbee Tiger baseball playoffs this weekend. Tiger baseball will still be broadcast here and at Legacy Sports Network but now also on the radio airways at 1450 AM.
 
This is just the beginning of a partnership with Sports Radio Beaumont as we will be doing game, weekly shows and Friday night scoreboard shows with them starting in the fall.
 
Stay tuned for more info on this great new partnership.
 
http://www.sportsradiobeaumont.com/

I agree that an umpire should make the call in one form or another. I always do. We do our best to train new officials. I can not answer for the actions of others. 

Woodville at Silsbee game has been canceled.
 
First broadcast will be next Tuesday when Orangefield visits Silsbee to start district play.

Silsbee Tiger Baseball broadcasts on SETXsports and Legacy Sports Network will start this Tuesday with Silsbee's home game against Woodville. We will then pick them back up next week when district starts on Tuesday with the Tiger's game against Orangefield.
 
SETXsports is looking for sponsors for these broadcasts. If anyone is interested or knows of a business or person who is interested, please contact me here or call 409-429-8348.
 
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Official stoke zone.  From the bottom of the knees to a midway point between the belt and the bottom of the armpits. Which means at the top it should be maybe an inch above your belly button. Now this is what makes baseball the unique sport it is. Even in the pros those guys are not robots calling the exact same pitches Stokes or balls. Many coaches have a "book" on umpires and they know what pitches they are more likely to call strikes than most. Ask any coach and he will tell you the most important thing is that an umpire should be consistent in what he calls, then they can adapt from there. I had a coach yell at me at a game earlier this year about a pitch late in a game where he said all we want is you to be consistent. Since i have called many games for this coach over the years I ask him in between innings at what point would you could consider me being inconsistent? 1 pitch out of 200 or 5 or 10???? he just laughed. I can tell you that pitches called Stokes at a little league game are different that at a pro game. If you called the same zone then those little leaguers would walk way to many and become frustrated instead of having some fun and enjoying baseball.  Now back in the 80's and early 90's I used to do some calculated wagering on some pro baseball games. ( calculated wagering = gambling lol ) What we bet was the over and under line on some games. We had data on pro umpires and what the total amount of runs scored in their plate games were. There were a few that had many more lower scoring than most and some had higher scoring games that most. So we took those few umpires and always bet under or over in those umps games. We did very well with this. The 2 that came to mind are Durwood Merrill and Chuck Meriweather. Now Durwood called every thing a strike so his games were lower scoring. Meriweather had a strike zone like a coffee can, so he had higher scoring games because there were more hits. All of this is what makes baseball my favorite game to watch and participate in.