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Title: Umpires


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2011 BASEBALL
Umpires Coaches Rules Interpretation Meeting

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NSAA Dates
  • First Day of Practice February 28
  • Umpire On-Line Tests Due March 11
  • Supervised Tests March 23 28
  • Umpire District/State Applications On-Line
  • Enter Schedule on NSAA Site
  • First Contest March 17
  • District Seeding Dates Games through April 26
    will count April 27 assignments made hosts
    sites secured April 28 brackets posted on NSAA
    web site.)
  • District Tournament Dates May 6-7, 9-10
  • State Tournament May 14, 16-20

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Baseball Reminders
  • Season Begins - First Day of Practice (Organized
    Practice Rule 4 players Prior to Feb. 28)
  • Athletes CANNOT participate on other teams
    (including tryouts) until the end of the state
    tournament.
  • Athletes can attend Camps/Clinics, but cannot
    physically participate.
  • Summer Legion Teams Begin May 15 (Week 46)

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Contest Limits Permissible Contests
  • Schedule 24 dates during regular season, 4
    tournament limit (not including districts and
    state)
  • Single Games Doubleheaders
  • Double-Dual - four schools playing two
    pre-determined contests or two of the other
    schools in one day
  • Triangular - three schools playing two
    pre-determined contests in one day.
  • Tournament 4 or more teams where winners
    continue to advance or compete until a champion
    is determined (straight bracket or pool play with
    championship criteria).

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Reporting Scores
  • Schools must call in all scores.
  • Omaha World-Herald 1-800-284-6397 or
    402-444-1000.
  • Lincoln Journal Star 1-800-742-7315 or
    402-473-7431.
  • E-mail to jangele_at_nsaahome.org
  • District Seeding April 28 All games through
    Tuesday, April 26 shall count.

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2011 NFHS BASEBALL RULE CHANGES
  • B. ELLIOT HOPKINS, MLD, CAABASEBALL RULES EDITOR

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Rule 1-1-2Lineup Cards
  • Head coaches of both teams are required by rule
    to submit a teams lineup card which shall
    include
  • Players name
  • Jersey number
  • Players position
  • Teams batting order of each starting player
  • Name and jersey number of each eligible
    substitute
  • The umpire shall not accept the lineup card until
    all known substitutes are listed.

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Rule 1-3-2Definition of a Baseball Bat
  • Legal wood, aluminum or composite bats shall
  • Be one piece, multi-pieces, permanently assembled
    or two pieces with interchangeable barrel
    construction
  • Not have exposed rivets, pins, rough or sharp
    edges or any form of external fastener that would
    present a hazard
  • Be free of rattles, dents, burrs, cracks, sharp
    edges
  • Bats that are broken, cracked, dented, altered or
    deface the ball are illegal.

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Axe and V-shaped style handles are permitted.
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  • Tapers are no longer required to be smooth or
    round. The taper is now permitted to have holes
    and be a designed in geometric shapes.

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Rule 1-3-2bDefinition of a Baseball Bat
  • Barrel
  • The area intended on the bat for contact with the
    ball.
  • The barrel shall be round, cylindrically
    symmetric and smooth.
  • The barrel may be wood, aluminum or composite
    (made of two or more materials used together
    including wood).
  • The type of bat (wood, aluminum, composite) shall
    be determined by the composition of the bats
    barrel.

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Legal Bats for the 2011 Season
  • Solid wood bats
  • Aluminum bats that meet the Ball Exit Speed Ratio
    (BESR) performance standard
  • That includes aluminum barrel bats with composite
    handles
  • Composite bats that meet the Ball Exit Speed
    Ratio (BESR) performance standard and have been
    re-tested and granted a waiver from the NFHS (see
    list on the NFHS Website http//www.nfhs.org/conte
    nt.aspx?id4155).

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Legal Bats for the 2011 Season
  • Note Only baseball bat manufacturers can apply
    for and receive a waiver from the NFHS.
  • Any aluminum or composite bat that meets the
    January 1, 2012 BBCOR specifications found in
    Rule 1-3-2e are legal for 2011.
  • List of legal bats appears on Washington State
    University Sports Science Lab and NFHS web sites.
  • Coaches must verify bats by their players are
    legal in order to be used for 2011.

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Legal Bats for the 2011 Season
  • The Washington State University Lab link
    located on baseball page of NSAA web site under
  • 2011 Compliant Bat Information
  • http//www.mme.wsu.edu/ssl/certified/besr/certifi
    ed.html
  • For bats that meet NFHS high school playing rules
    until December 31, 2011, go to
  • NFHS BESR Certified Baseball Bats link which
    lists only legal BESR Bats from the 2010 NCAA
    Season.
  • The site is searchable by make and model of the
    bats.

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7-4-1 Review Illegal Bat
  • Illegal Bat Penalty
  • Batter enters batters box with and illegal
  • Or a batter is discovered to have used an illegal
    bat before the next pitch to the following batter
  • The batter is out or the defense may take the
    result of the play.
  • The bat shall be immediately removed from the
    game.

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  • Baseball now matches other NFHS rules codes.
  • Requiring padding of casts, splints and altered
    braces worn by players.

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Rule 1-5-8
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Rule 1-4-2Padded Casts/Braces for Pitchers
  • The rule (1-4-2) still applies for the pitcher.
  • A pitcher cannot wear any item on his hands,
    wrists or arms which may be distracting to the
    batter.
  • That includes a cast, guard, brace, splint, etc.
    that is white, gray or distracting on the
    pitchers arms.

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Rule 2-16-2Definition of a Foul Tip
  • Foul Tip
  • Struck ball must go directly from the bat to the
    catchers hand or mitt.
  • Can only be caught by the catcher.
  • A strike is added to the batters count.
  • Ball remains in play.
  • Eliminated the language that a foul tip can be
    caught by any infielder.

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Rule 2-16-2Definition of a Foul Tip
  • A bunt that does not go directly to the catchers
    glove, does not meet the definition of a foul
    tip.
  • The ball was caught before it hit the ground and
    is a foul pop-up.
  • Any defensive player can catch the ball and it
    will be registered as an out.

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Rule 3-1-5Concussions
  • Possible signs and symptoms
  • Loss of consciousness,
  • Headache,
  • Dizziness,
  • Confusion,
  • Balance problems,
  • Staggering around
  • When in doubt, sit him out!

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Rule 3-1-5Concussions
  • Only health-care professionals can determine if a
    player has experienced a concussion.
  • Officials are asked to observe players to see if
    they exhibit the signs or symptoms of a
    concussion, and immediately remove him from the
    game.
  • The player shall not return to play until cleared
    by an appropriate health-care professional.

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Concussion Management
  • While a player may or may not be unconscious, he
    only has to show the signs or symptoms of a
    concussion to be removed from the contest.
  • When allowing the player to return to competition
    on the same day (i.e., double-header or
    tournament play), the health-care professional,
    who releases the player, and the coach bear
    responsibility for the player.
  • Officials are asked to observe players to see if
    they exhibit the signs or symptoms of a
    concussion, and immediately remove him from the
    game.

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Rule 8-2-6LLast Time By
  • If a runner correctly touches a base that was
    missed (either advancing or returning), the last
    time he was by the base, that last touch corrects
    any previous base running infraction.
  • Cannot be called out on an appeal.
  • Clarifies the appeal procedure, allowing the
    runner to correct his base running error.

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Rule 8-2-6Runner May Not Return
  • Remember a runner may NOT return to touch a
    missed base or one left to soon on a caught fly
    ball if
  • 1. He has reached a base beyond the base missed
    or left too soon and the ball becomes dead.
  • 2. He has left the field of play, or
  • 3. A following runner has scored.

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POINTS OF EMPHASIS
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Pregame Equipment Check
  • Each umpire must inspect the available equipment
    prior to the contest.
  • Bat inspection is critical due to the new bat
    rules.
  • Batting and catcher helmet inspection must also
    take place with the new emphasis on concussion
    management.
  • Cracked helmets or helmets without proper padding
    provide little to no protective assurances.

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The End
  • Thanks
  • Have a Great Season!
  • Questions?
  • Contact
  • Jim Angele
  • jangele_at_nsaahome.org
  • 402-489-0386
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