Garrett Webster

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@DNDBaseball @nut_history If the umpire judges that the batter attempted to strike at the pitch. This is attempting to use a completely different (but quantifiable) definition. Which, honestly, I'm okay with, I just think that the definition they are using now sucks.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@BrianWolfe41778 @nathan_sass @nut_history I would argue it is refined, they just decided that, for professional baseball, they wanted a different strike zone... Which, eh. They can do what they want, and their rule book is used at other levels that won't have ABS.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@Gap422 @nut_history A swing by rule is an attempt to strike at the ball... So, in other words, it's up to the umpire entirely. This system is trying to define a swing, which is great. The only problem is, the definition sucks. Per the system, the bat head has ro be at 45 degrees.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@mcsuckbag My guess (and it is just that) is that travel was always the biggest, but not only, component of home court advantage at the pro level. As travel has gotten better, that portion of the effect goes away

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@Tyler19647519 @mattderrick I think that the training facilities are in Kansas though, right?

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@ColeRagansSZN I still don't think Maikel should be going anywhere

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@TheLovelyJessi1 @Riley_Gates Uh... Yeah. That's how sports work, and every coach knows it. We're also not calling for them to never be employed again (they'll have no problem finding a job), but clearly this isn't working.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@balkwhisperer @Matt_Manley I've had high school tournaments that have us calling NCAA hit by pitches, so it's possible that' what he got him for. Assuming it's not in the zone, I'm calling that a freeze (and with 3 balls I'm definitely giving him the base), but I could see an overzealous call on that.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@BigRedDawg08 @Seth_3773 Both are wrong. If you hit a homerun, batflip, run around the bases, maybe have a cool high five with your 3rd base coach, and don'texpect a ball in the ribs. Cool. That's let the kids play. Throwing yiur bat at the opposing dugout, staring them down, and taunting are not.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@theomanbearpig @KokiRiley I've been seeing people complain about these kinds of ejections all year. Plus, this crack down started like, 5 years ago. This isn't a post season (or umpire for thst matter) problem.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@justWinChamp @VettDude @dinger_dudes High School requires interference with the ability to throw, not field, the ball. In OBR I don't have interference, but NFHS this is clearly RLI

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@MrsVol_Villain @HistoryLover57 @joehelle @Seth_3773 It's going to look ugly, and I agree the catcher shares some blame here, but launching like this is probably the worst possible thing the runner could do. If you slide, it does not look malicious. Hopefully you slow yourself down enough to not kill the catcher. But don't do this

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@JaredsJacket @Seth_3773 Can't tell for sure, but it looks like the umpire is (correctly) calling malicious contact, which results in the runner being out, even if they would have been safe, and an ejection.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@RealCBerger89 @Seth_3773 Would have been the fastest targetting review in the history of football to boot.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@Horsed00d00 @Seth_3773 There is absolutely no defending this. The rules (in NFHS) specificially state that malicious contact is worse than obstruction. Yeah, the catcher looks to be illegal. That should NEVER result in what would have been a targetting penalty in football.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@MrsVol_Villain @HistoryLover57 @joehelle @Seth_3773 And the rule also specifically states that malicious contact supersedes obstruction.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@humble_slice @TedPilmer @manback732633 @MarkLassiter25 @joehelle @Seth_3773 I mean, you're the one (incorrectly) applying MLB standards to NFHS baseball...

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@sfmountainbiker @mattwr @UberSteve Hence the response

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@mattwr @UberSteve That's why this is happening... But knowing why it's happening is not a solution. And, even if we devote 100% of our resources to combat climate change, the tempuratures aren't coming down over night.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@AaronFeeley @OffyUnfiltered As for the practice thing, good umpires spend significant time going to camps, calling bull-pens, and doing film review. Usually, on top of a full time job and other responsibilities that high school, and to some extent collegiate, players don't have.

[Garrett Webster @GarrettWebste13]

@AaronFeeley @OffyUnfiltered That's true of some umpires, I will admit. But there are many umpires that walk off the field after a bad game and it really affects them. I had a particularly bad game in a particularly big spot that had me in my head for an entire season. Some of us care, a lot.