Softball Alberta

A big THANK YOU to all the hosts, umpires, UIC’s, RAMP website scoring and the volunteer supervisors for three awesome Tiering weekends. It takes a village!

Our last misunderstood rule: Left hand turn from first base.

A runner forfeits exemption from liability to be put out if, after overrunning first base, makes an attempt to run to second base.

The key to this is the runner continues to second base. There must be at least an attempt towards advancing to second base. It does not matter which direction the batter‐runner turns after reaching first base if they are coming back to first base without attempting to advance to second base.

Questions?
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Happy World Softball Day🥎

Today's misunderstood rule: Check swing.

If it is the plate umpire’s judgement that the batter made an attempt to swing at the ball (but not a full swing), the plate umpire shall call the pitched ball a strike. This call CANNOT be appealed to the base umpire ‐ use the guiding principle that the plate umpire does not call it a strike unless he/she saw the attempted swing ‐ therefore no need for an appeal.

However, if the batter attempted to swing at the ball but the plate umpire did not see the attempt (perhaps blocked out by the catcher) then a ball shall be called. With this call, the plate umpire does have the opportunity to check with the base umpire(s) following the request from the defensive team. The base umpire shall only answer a check swing request made by the plate umpire – the base umpire shall only respond to a request made directly to them by a plate umpire. (The base umpire does not respond to a request made directly to them by a defensive player

Should the base umpire see the attempt that the plate umpire did not see, they shall respond to the plate umpires request by calling “Yes” and the call shall be changed from ball to strike by the plate umpire.

Questions?
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REMINDER!!!

Minor team provincial rosters must be submitted by next Monday (June 15th).

Today's misunderstood rule: Award of a base on an overthrow.

When a thrown ball goes out of play (beyond the established boundary lines of the playing field):
• all runners, including the batter-runner shall be awarded two bases from the last base legally touched at the time that the thrown ball left the fielder’s hand
• If there are two runners between the same bases, the award is based on the position of the lead runner

Keys to remember with this rule:
• the award is based on the position of the runner(s) at the time the ball left the fielders hand, not at the time that the ball went out of play – that is important to remember on a long overthrow from the outfield
• the award is two bases from the last base legally touched - if a runner has rounded second base and is returning to first base to tag up on a fly ball, they will be awarded third base as the last base that they had legally touched was first base

Questions?
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Good morning U15 PTW teams,

Unfortunately the weather has not changed and we are looking at a full day of rain.

All remaining games are cancelled for today.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Safe travels as you return home.

Your Softball Alberta U15 PTW2 Supervisors

Good morning U13 PTW teams,

Unfortunately the weather has not changed and we are looking at a full day of rain.

All remaining games are cancelled for today.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Safe travels as you return home.

Your Softball Alberta U13 PTW2 Supervisors

Hello U13 Tiering Coaches,

After 2 solid days of play and some really great, close games, it looks like the weather will most likely get the better of us tomorrow. As such, here is our plan moving forward:

- If it starts raining tonight and continues through the overnight hours, we will make the official call at 6:00 am to CANCEL all games on Sunday. We will notify everyone via email from this email address.

- If the hourly forecast at 6:00 am indicates we have a reasonable likelihood of playing until 2:00 pm we will begin the Game 5 series as planned at 8:00 am. Barring a drastic delay in the poor weather, we will cancel the Game 6 series at this time.

*To give everyone the opportunity to play 5 games total for the weekend, we must have playable conditions from 8 am until roughly 2 pm.

- If the game 5 series is a go, 3 teams will be required to play 2 games to allow the opposition to get in their 1 game of the day (and 5th game of the weekend). The 3 affected teams will have the choice of which game they wish to count towards towards their standings but will have to make that decision prior to the start of any games at 8:00 am. This is due to the odd number of teams.

We thank you for your patience and understanding. We'll touch base again here tomorrow morning at 6:00 am! Have a great night,

Your Softball Alberta U13 PTW 2 Supervisors

Deadline reminder for ALL coaches!