MonsterBash
Lancaster (Buffalo) NY
So this happened in an ASA COED league last night (yeah..I know). It's a 12 team pretty competitive league with 3 teams at the top usually trading wins through the year.
We'll call the teams the Mashers and the Whiners. The Mashers basically have a team that can crush the ball...all the guys can easily hit 300' (open fields..no fences) and the girls all have good sticks too. The Whiners have a couple guys that can hit for power...but mostly single hitters and real solid hitting girls. Probably the best girl hitting team in the league
Lineup cards are turned in to the ump and the games starts. Now keep in mind the teams pretty much only keep their own book as everyone's usually playing.
The Whiners are up 2-0 in the 3rd and get the 3rd out with a catch from LC in the weeds. The LC fielder comes in and says..."I think they batted 4 guys in a row." He would know cuz he was making catches at like 320-350.' The Whiners kinda blow it off and keep playing.
Fast forward to the 5th...(I was watching the game..but found most of this info at the bar after). Mashers are up..Coach for the Whiners now thinks they batted 4 guys in a row. But the 4 guys were split up across 2 batting innings and wasn't 100% sure.
To the 7th. Whiners have an extra guy on the bench and put him in at SS (this was a couple innings ago)...and move the SS to Catcher. Whiners are up 5-4 in probably one of the best defensive games I've seen played in a long time. Mashers are batting...2 outs in the 7th. Guy #1 comes up...hits a double (for the Mashers). Guy #2 comes up...pitcher walks him on 7 pitches. The catchers for the Whiners (who moved from SS) takes note and notices #3 heading the box... with guy#4 on deck.
The Whiner's catcher calls time to talk to the pitcher. They intentionally walk guy #3 which loads the bases and indeed brings batter #11... the 4th consecutive guy to the plate. The catcher has a brief conversation with the ump as the 4th guy walks to the plate. One pitch was thrown...blue call 'OUT' and the game ends.
A slightly heated argument starts (obviously) with the Mashers saying they've been batting that lineup all season long (4 girls..7 guys..Basically EPing a guy but not a girl). The Mashers were on a second game of a double header and used the same lineup for both games.
Things calm down a bit and the 2 teams share a few beers at the field after the game. I do believe this was for first place as the playoffs start next week
So if you made it past 'COED'...was this bush league or a smart move?
And a quick question on the out of the 4th guy. When is he called out? They didn't have a girl on the bench to 'sub' in. The LD was there and saw the last couple innings. The LD said the ump should have waiting until he made contact with the ball before the out was call, as opposed to just taking a pitch. Now I think that's that rule for batting out of order...but did they technically bat out of order?
The LD was kinda pissed that the Whiners 'knew' (although they really weren't 100% sure) about it..but waited till the end to call it. BTW the LD is the father of the person who coaches the Whiners
We'll call the teams the Mashers and the Whiners. The Mashers basically have a team that can crush the ball...all the guys can easily hit 300' (open fields..no fences) and the girls all have good sticks too. The Whiners have a couple guys that can hit for power...but mostly single hitters and real solid hitting girls. Probably the best girl hitting team in the league
Lineup cards are turned in to the ump and the games starts. Now keep in mind the teams pretty much only keep their own book as everyone's usually playing.
The Whiners are up 2-0 in the 3rd and get the 3rd out with a catch from LC in the weeds. The LC fielder comes in and says..."I think they batted 4 guys in a row." He would know cuz he was making catches at like 320-350.' The Whiners kinda blow it off and keep playing.
Fast forward to the 5th...(I was watching the game..but found most of this info at the bar after). Mashers are up..Coach for the Whiners now thinks they batted 4 guys in a row. But the 4 guys were split up across 2 batting innings and wasn't 100% sure.
To the 7th. Whiners have an extra guy on the bench and put him in at SS (this was a couple innings ago)...and move the SS to Catcher. Whiners are up 5-4 in probably one of the best defensive games I've seen played in a long time. Mashers are batting...2 outs in the 7th. Guy #1 comes up...hits a double (for the Mashers). Guy #2 comes up...pitcher walks him on 7 pitches. The catchers for the Whiners (who moved from SS) takes note and notices #3 heading the box... with guy#4 on deck.
The Whiner's catcher calls time to talk to the pitcher. They intentionally walk guy #3 which loads the bases and indeed brings batter #11... the 4th consecutive guy to the plate. The catcher has a brief conversation with the ump as the 4th guy walks to the plate. One pitch was thrown...blue call 'OUT' and the game ends.
A slightly heated argument starts (obviously) with the Mashers saying they've been batting that lineup all season long (4 girls..7 guys..Basically EPing a guy but not a girl). The Mashers were on a second game of a double header and used the same lineup for both games.
Things calm down a bit and the 2 teams share a few beers at the field after the game. I do believe this was for first place as the playoffs start next week
So if you made it past 'COED'...was this bush league or a smart move?
And a quick question on the out of the 4th guy. When is he called out? They didn't have a girl on the bench to 'sub' in. The LD was there and saw the last couple innings. The LD said the ump should have waiting until he made contact with the ball before the out was call, as opposed to just taking a pitch. Now I think that's that rule for batting out of order...but did they technically bat out of order?
The LD was kinda pissed that the Whiners 'knew' (although they really weren't 100% sure) about it..but waited till the end to call it. BTW the LD is the father of the person who coaches the Whiners
