FIELD CONDITIONS HOTLINES
Here are phone numbers that some leagues have established for their field conditions. On days of inclement weather you can call to find out if your game(s) will be played. We will add more numbers as we get them.
LAKESIDE (LS) = 619-270-9127
MIRA MESA (MM) = 858-549-3628
PENASQUITOS (PQ) = 858-538-8106
POWAY (PW) = 858-668-4670
SANTEE GIRLS (SG) = 619-449-5393
SANTEE SLOW PITCH (SS) = 619-258-4100 X258
VALLEY MESA (VM) = 619-741-8635
NEW CODES FOR IUA LEAGUES
Dick has revised the codes that we will be using for the leagues this year. Here are the new codes:
EC = East County ASA
LS = Lakeside
LM = La Mesa Slow Pitch (Junior Seau Field)
MB = Mission Bay ASA
MM = Mira Mesa ASA
OB = Ocean Beach ASA
PQ = Penasquitos ASA
PW = Poway ASA
RG = Ramona Girls ASA
SC = Santee CO-ED Slow Pitch
SG = Santee Girls ASA
SM = Santee Mens Slow Pitch
SR = Scripps Ranch ASA
TC = Terra Canyon ASA
BATTING OUT OF ORDER
This is from the ASA Rules Clarifications for May 07 that was discussed at the last meeting.
Batting out of order situations have always been considered difficult by many umpires. These situations can become easier to rule on by keeping three things in mind.
1. Has a pitch been thrown after the incorrect batter has batted.
2. Any outs made when the incorrect batter is at bat stand.
3. When a pitch has not been thrown, if the incorrect batter makes an out and an appeal is made, the batter who should have batted is out and the batter who batted remains out and is skipped if they are scheduled to bat.
Remember, however, if the batter who is scheduled to bat is the third out of the inning, the correct batter to leadoff the next inning is the player who would have come to bat had the player been put out by ordinary play. (Rule 7, Section 2 D 3)
Play 1:
With no outs, B9 is scheduled to bat but B1 bats. B1 hits a fly ball that is caught by F7. Before the next pitch, the defense appeals that B1 batted out of order.
Ruling:
B9 is out as B9 is the correct batter and B1 remains out. B2 bats next with two outs. Per Rule 7, Section 2 D 2, after the incorrect batter has completed their turn at bat and before the next pitch, legal or illegal, to the following batter and before the pitcher and all infielders have clearly vacated their normal fielding positions and have left fair territory; the batter who should have batted is out and the next batter is the player whose name follows that of the player called out for failing to bat. EXCEPTION: If the incorrect batter is called out as a result of their time at bat and is scheduled to be the proper batter, skip that player and the next person in the line-up will be the batter.
Play 2:
With one out, B7 is scheduled to bat, however B8 bats. B8 hits a fly ball that is caught for the second out of the inning. The defense appeals that B8 batted out of order and the umpire calls B7 out for the third out of the inning. Who is the leadoff batter in the next inning?
Ruling: B8.
In this case, since the second out of the inning was made by B8 and the third out was made by B7 for failure to bat in the proper order, B8 is now the leadoff batter in the next inning. When the batter declared out is the third out of the inning the correct batter to leadoff the next inning is the player who would have come to bat had the player been put out by ordinary play. (Rule 7, Section 2 D 2 d)
