Rec softball gone too far

I'm guessing the plate ump called the runner out because he was running inside the base line and thus interfered with the 1b catching the throw.
Looked border line, but not a call that "sucked" according to the team at bat.
Didn't seem like the ump did a very good job of making his point on the call, but pretty weak just to walk off the field. Shoulda been more like, "30 seconds and this game is a forfeit, get your butts in the dugout and gimme a hitter.''

 

Speak the truth, my brother!

 

Old? I can name three coaches within 10 miles of my house who still wear them...

 

Oh shit.

 

You, Chef? Really?

Let me rephrase then ... the guys who play in the coed rec league here who wear baseball pants are always douchebags of the highest order.

I told the story here about the guys on the verge of run-ruling us. They bang the ball off the fence and go one base, trying to set up a grand slam chance for one of their bombers. I walked him, forcing in the game-ending run just so dude wouldn't get the chance to hit. All the guys on that team were wearing baseball pants and eyeblack.

 

He did blow that call though, FWIW.

I like how the team said they should have been thrown out first. Like THAT would have solved it. Then the old ump would have been beaten.

 

NO...not me.

Just struck up possibly the most bizarre softball scene in history.

 

Just so's ya know ... one of the associations up here demands teams wear matching pants for the provincial and national championships.

And because all of the big boys around here wear them, the more rec teams follow suit.

 

If you're playing on an open level team, okay. But if you're in a beer league, you don't need sliding shorts, a cup and baseball pants.

 

Showed up to a game and one of the guys on the other team was decked out ... head to toe, Jays uniform.

Then there was the guy last week who was wearing hockey shin guards underneath Blackhawks socks. (We sometimes stick around to watch the lower levels play for entertainment purposes.)

Of course, they all swing the $400 bats for the mighty 20-hopper back to the pitcher and then call the bat crap.

 

As a pitcher, I've thought about wearing my soccer shin guards during games since some of the baseball pants crew think hitting it up the middle is the easiest way to get on base. I'd take a ball off the shin or ankle at least once a week.

 

I don't ever mock a pitcher for protecting himself. I know guys who wear full face masks and helmets.