So Cals Finest St Paddy's Tourney POSTED

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Finals
12U

So Cal Breakers vs Punishers

14U

Corona Angels Lockman vs Firecrackers Sota

Has not rained all day, a tad bit coooooooooooooooool to say the least

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Corona up by 2 after one

Punshiers on the board with 1

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Punishers 12U Champs

[SoCalASABlue]

A somewhat blustery day...the fields were in fine shape...too bad the umpiring wasn't...seriously, with the money you have to spend to play at this level, shouldn't the umpiring be better than your standard rec ball game? I've certainly seen better and much fairer to the pitcher strike zones in rec ball games...

I watched an entire game (in which DD's team was NOT involved) where every pitch thrown (by an admittedly fine pitcher from a very well know OC organization) was an illegal pitch...the pitcher was taking the signal from the catcher standing behind the pitcher's plate on every pitch...yet neither blue ever called IP and are probably still blissfully unaware of the requirement...at least crack the rule book to know what constitutes a legal pitch if you're going to be a PU...better to call it now especially when it's something so simple to correct...JMHO...

[ontheblack]

Pretty sure those blues were the Big East refs who didnt make the NCAA tourney.

[NumeroUno]

Corona Angels Lockman over Firecrackers in the 14U finals

Punishers over Breakers in the 12U finals

Lots of great young talent out there.


Socalasablue that is the same umpiring crew that does all the 18 Gold showcases out there.
We usually hear that the umps do a pretty good job.
I was told today that a pitcher was getting signs off the rubber and the umps weren't calling it. Someone could of ask for the UIC he was there all weekend.

I don't care if they are college umps or rec umps someone won't be happy at the end of the day

[PDad]

A somewhat blustery day...the fields were in fine shape...too bad the umpiring wasn't...seriously, with the money you have to spend to play at this level, shouldn't the umpiring be better than your standard rec ball game? I've certainly seen better and much fairer to the pitcher strike zones in rec ball games...

I watched an entire game (in which DD's team was NOT involved) where every pitch thrown (by an admittedly fine pitcher from a very well know OC organization) was an illegal pitch...the pitcher was taking the signal from the catcher standing behind the pitcher's plate on every pitch...yet neither blue ever called IP and are probably still blissfully unaware of the requirement...at least crack the rule book to know what constitutes a legal pitch if you're going to be a PU...better to call it now especially when it's something so simple to correct...JMHO...

Did the pitcher pause after she had both feet in contact with the pitcher's plate or did she go straight into her delivery?

[SoCalASABlue]

A somewhat blustery day...the fields were in fine shape...too bad the umpiring wasn't...seriously, with the money you have to spend to play at this level, shouldn't the umpiring be better than your standard rec ball game? I've certainly seen better and much fairer to the pitcher strike zones in rec ball games...

I watched an entire game (in which DD's team was NOT involved) where every pitch thrown (by an admittedly fine pitcher from a very well know OC organization) was an illegal pitch...the pitcher was taking the signal from the catcher standing behind the pitcher's plate on every pitch...yet neither blue ever called IP and are probably still blissfully unaware of the requirement...at least crack the rule book to know what constitutes a legal pitch if you're going to be a PU...better to call it now especially when it's something so simple to correct...JMHO...

Did the pitcher pause after she had both feet in contact with the pitcher's plate or did she go straight into her delivery?

She took the signal with both feet off the pitchers plate, then stepped onto the pitcher's plate and went into her delivery.

[SoCalASABlue]

Corona Angels Lockman over Firecrackers in the 14U finals

Punishers over Breakers in the 12U finals

Lots of great young talent out there.


Socalasablue that is the same umpiring crew that does all the 18 Gold showcases out there.
We usually hear that the umps do a pretty good job.
I was told today that a pitcher was getting signs off the rubber and the umps weren't calling it. Someone could of ask for the UIC he was there all weekend.

I don't care if they are college umps or rec umps someone won't be happy at the end of the day

I'm sure most of the time the crew is OK - but it's typical to blame the person that brings up the issue as "sour grapes"...which was exactly what we heard last week with the sh$%ty umpiring in Las Vegas that everyone on this site agreed was pathetic...and do you really think the UIC would have interrupted the game to correct the crew? I know no UIC I've ever worked for would do that - and in fact probably wouldn't address it until after the tournament was over. I know first hand how thankless a job umpiring can be...but that's no excuse for not knowing what constitutes a legal pitch.

[coachEd]

Great job doing the no rain dance # 1. Hard to believe but we were looking at the radar all day and it was raining all around Hemet, but not a single drop fell on DV today.

A few surprises in the 12u elimination games today involving ranked teams.

Breakers (Williams) over Team Rawlings.

American Athletics 99 over Firecrackers 99