Transcript Greater Lowell Umpires Association General Meeting

GREATER LOWELL UMPIRES
ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING
John Hansbury President
March 11, 2015
Treasurer Report & Banquet
• Treasure's report - Dennis Hansbury
• Banquet - Mark Byrne– Dates: April 1, 2015
– Time: 6:30
– Place: Mount Pleasant Golf Club 114 Staples Street
in Lowell, MA
• Nominations April 1, 2015
• Elections – Held April 29th – The LAST meetingMembers are welcomed to vote anytime
between 6-8 PM
GLBUA Agenda
• Jackets will not be given out after 645 when
the general meeting is in progress, they will
be available after the meeting
• Attendance - Lucien Tanguay, Ray Bellerose
• General Business- President John Hansbury
• Treasure's report - Dennis Hansbury
• Banquet - Mark Byrne
• Rules interpretation - Tom Clews
General Business
• MIAA roster is in- If you have not contacted the secretary
please do ASAP if you want to be on the roster
• Background checks- NOTHING has been spelled out by the
MIAA
• Meetings - All regular members MUST attend a minimum
two scheduled meetings unless notification is given to the
Secretary.
• Members who have lost family members contact the
Secretary.
• Persons that have NOT met their CLINIC Requirement
need to contact the clinician
General Business
• General Meeting Dates- March 11th, March 18th, March
25th, April 1st (banquet & nominations) and April 29th
(Elections)
• Sonny Robbins Award – 50/50 raffle will help fund the
Award
• Changes – Banquet is April 1st – NOT the Last meeting.
Nominations will be held the same night
• Elections – Held April 29th – The LAST meeting- Members are
welcomed to vote anytime between 6-8 PM
• Forms for the Banquet, Sportsman Award & Sonny Robbins
award Available at the attendance table please pick one up
at the end of the meeting
Presidents Report
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Sonny Robbins Award
MBUA
Constitutional Changes
Clinics -Winter Clinic, 13 individuals took and
passed the exam on March 7th. Another 6 are
currently studying and will take the exam the
first week of April
• Questions?
Sonny Robbins Memorial Scholarship Fund
• This year the GLBUA will be starting the Sonny
Robbins Memorial Scholarship Fund. This award will
be given to any umpire in good standing who has a
son/daughter going to/or already in college. It also is
available to GLBUA members who are members in
good standing and are attending college.
• It is a $500 Cash Award funded in part by the 50/50
raffle at the meetings -Tickets $5 for 1 or 3 for $10.Please support this worthy fund named after a
founding member of this board. The award limits 2
applicants per family. There shall be no duplicate
winners of the award
GLBUA Baseball Interpreter
• Rule 6.02(d) One foot in the Batter's Box:
• Major League Baseball has adopted having the batter keep
one foot in the batter's box following the call of a ball or a
strike where the batter does not swing or the pitch does
not cause the batter to move. There is, however, no "on
field" penalty for failure of the batter to comply. Similarly,
the MBUA will encourage and implement the rule as
effectively and stringently as possible during all MIAA
baseball contests realizing that, in compliance with the
Major League rule, there is no "on field" penalty. However,
in extreme case(s) where the batter simply refuses to
comply, the umpire has the option of invoking existing rule
6.02(c) which states the batter's refusal to get in the box
can result in the umpire calling a strike on that batter.
GLBUA Baseball Interpreter
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Rule Changes 2015
MLB Rule 7.13 will now replace the NCAA Collision Rule at HOME PLATE
ONLY. The NCAA Collision Rule will apply to all other bases.
In an effort to eliminate virtually any and all contact at Home Plate, unless he is in
complete possession of the ball, the catcher must now provide the runner with a
clear, unimpeded path to Home Plate. Unlike the NCAA rule which permitted the
catcher to be in the baseline as he was in the act of receiving the throw, the MLB
rule prohibits any part of the catcher's body (e.g. his leg extended) to be in the
base path of the runner. For violation of the rule, the umpire is to rule the runner
safe. Although not clearly defined as such in the 2014 Rules, the interpretation is
to treat the violation as 7.06(a) type obstruction. Conversely, the runner cannot
deviate from the base path and make contact with the catcher. The runner's legal
contact can occur during a feet first (butt on the ground) slide or head first (torso
on the ground) slide. The runner's lowering of his shoulder or use of his hands or
arms would be considered a violation of the rule. For violation of the rule, the
runner is declared out and all runners return to the last base legally occupied at
the time of contact. EXCEPTION: In cases where, in the umpire's judgment, the
catcher is forced into the base path of the runner in order to catch the throw, he
will not be adjudged of being in violation of the rule. Any contact between the
catcher and the runner would then be deemed unavoidable and legal.