Upcoming Training and Meetings
rolando2021-12-13T12:00:56-05:00Training and Clinics
Working the Wedge at the Plate
rolando2021-11-29T11:39:11-05:00Working the Wedge
This is a great video to watch to see how the Wedge works at the Plate…
You can actually apply this to any base but it is more commonly seen at the plate..
RCUA 2021-2022 Training Schedule
Webmaster Webmaster2021-11-10T10:39:59-05:00Welcome to our new RCUA members and welcome back to all returning umpires.
- Attached is the 2021-22 Membership Form. Please complete and scan and return to this email address or bring it to the first clinic (give to secretary, Mike Everhart)
- Membership dues may be made payable to River City Umpire Association
- $35 Returning Members $45 New Members Checks may be mailed to 86147 Robin Rd, Yulee FL 32097 (atten. Roger Linville, Treasurer or cash / checks brought to the first clinic and given to the Treasurer (late fee applies in December)
Initial registration deadline- Baseball, Softball is January 31st.
Announcing! RCUA 3 Man Umpire Clinics December 4th
Webmaster Webmaster2021-11-10T08:55:04-05:00MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Meeting/Field Clinic November 20th
rolando2021-10-28T18:48:03-04:00Meeting/Field Clinic November 20th
- Attached is the 2022 Membership Form. Please complete and scan and return to this email address or bring it to the November 20 clinic (give to secretary, Mike Everhart)
- Membership dues may be made payable to River City Umpire Association $35 Returning Members $45 New Members Checks may be mailed to 86147 Robin Rd, Yulee FL 32097 (atten. Roger Linville, Treasurer or cash / checks brought to the clinic and given to the Treasurer (late fee applies in December)
Initial registration deadline- Baseball, Softball is January 31st.
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Season has Started
Webmaster Webmaster2021-02-11T09:42:32-05:00Fellow Umpires,
The season is HERE and it’s off to a roaring start there is a chance of rain ALL WEEK…..Check arbiter 2 – 3 times a day for changes DO NOT DEPEND on the Commissioners calling if your game changes.
(PLATE UMPIRE)
Please contact the school to verify game, time,date, and location (DON’T FORGET TO ASK ABOUT ANY COVID REQUIREMENTS BY THEIR SCHOOL)
Contact partner to discuss meeting time, location, dress etc….
Ensure as a representative of RCUA that you are following FHSAA -Contest Specific Considerations regarding COVID 19 Restrictions and Limitations.
Considerations for Umpires:
- Bring personal hand sanitizer. Wash hands frequently
- Do not share equipment.
- Umpires should not handle equipment on the field during play.
- Contact with the game balls should be limited.
- Masks/cloth face coverings and disposable gloves will be permitted.
- Line ups should be handed to the umpire, the umpire will verbally approve or ask any questions. Line up exchange with opposing coach and scorekeeper should be done electronically via text or photo.
- The verbal exchange of substitutions should occur 6’ from the coach to the scorer and opposing team when making lineup changes.
- Keep catcher and batter at a 6’ distance when dusting off the plate.
- Base umpires should maintain 6’ from any player as a starting position when rotated and/or counter rotated.
- The umpire-in-chief should wear a face mask behind the plate.
- Clean equipment after each game.
- Follow social distancing guidelines. Consider six feet minimum distance when talking to others (players, coaches, other umpires) at plate meetings.
- Do not shake hands and follow pre and post-game ceremony guidelines established by state associations.
- Evaluate pre-existing health conditions.
If the pitcher puts her hands to her mouth and touches the ball, “Time” is called, a new ball is inserted and the pitcher must sanitize her hands before throwing the next pitch.
Meeting Dates and Clinics
Webmaster Webmaster2021-01-09T10:11:34-05:00Please Mark Your Calendars and Make Plans to Attend
RCUA Field Clinics 12PM Baseball and Softball
January 9 @ Bishop Snyder HS
January 16 @ Trinity HS
January 23 @ Christ Church HS
January 30 @ Providence HS
RCUA Membership Meetings 12:00-1:30PM
Teamsters Union Hall
FEBRUARY 21
MARCH 7, 21
APRIL 11, 25
MAY 16, 30
Softball Quiz Number 2
Webmaster Webmaster2020-04-28T10:17:48-04:00Softball Quiz Number 2
1. Which statement is an incorrect ruling of interference?
a. If a retired runner impedes a fielder making a play on another runner, the runner closest to home is always declared out.
b. If a runner has not yet been put out and interference occurs to break up a double play, the immediate succeeding runner is out.
c. Interference is only awarded in situations where the runner physically contacts a fielder.
d. B4 hits a fair ground ball but R2 hinders F6 making an initial play. The batter-runner is never called out as a result of the interference. If there is less than two outs she is always awarded first base
2. The batter is standing in the batter’s box when an inside pitch hits her in the knee completely in the batter’s box. The proper call is:
a. Dead ball and the batter is awarded first base.
b. Strike on the batter because she needs to make an effort to get out of the way of the pitch.
c. Strike on the batter because the pitcher is entitled to throw over the inner part of the batter’s box.
d. None of the above.
3. A fair batted ball is wedged into the fence. The umpire should:
a. Call a dead ball and award the batter two bases.
b. Call a dead ball and award the batter a home run.
c. Call a dead ball and award the base the umpire judges she would have reached had the ball not become wedged in the fence.
d. Award the batter the base she was closest to when the ball became wedged in the fence.
4. Which of the following are appealable plays?
a. Missing a base.
b. Batting out of order.
c. Leaving a base early on a caught fly ball.
d. All of the above.
5. With no outs and R1 on first base, B2 hits a ground ball on the first-base side of the infield. F4 moves into the baseline to make an initial play on a batted ball. R1, using normal movement, alters her base path going either behind or in front of F4 to avoid contact with F4 fielding the ball. The correct call is:
a. The umpire signals obstruction on F4 for causing R1 to alter her path. Awarding the base to R1 would have achieved had it not been for the obstruction on F4.
b.If R1 runs in front of F4, the umpire should signal dead ball and call interference because R1 is never allowed to run in front of F4 when she is making an initial play on a batted ball.
c. R1’s movement is to avoid interfering with a fielder attempting to make the initial play on a batted ball, so as long as in the umpire’s judgment there is not interference, this is a legal play.
d. R1 is called out because she is not allowed to alter her base path. She must stop to avoid contacting F4 making the initial play on a batted ball.
6. Starting at first base, R1 overruns second base