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cowgirl836 said:
heartbreaker tonight, sad face.

First time up, I got on first time (just barely) and then next guy kicked DH and I home. I ran each time after that but they threw fast and I'd be out like 1 foot from base.

We were down 5-7 bottom of 7th and first guy got on, then DH went and got on. So I go up and kicked, but it didn't cross the line so I waited to get the strike but it crossed the line and IDK why, I was like well too late to run I'll take the strike. Catcher had her back turned grabbing the ball, and I realized ****, pitcher is coming, this is in play so I took off. I damn near made it and everyone is like great fake out! I'm like it wasn't fake! I wasn't going to run! But, it got guy on 3rd home, so 6-7, DH on second, 1 out. Next girl goes and they like got in her way or something and she got first, DH to third. Guy comes up.....but it popped too much. It was a good kick but they had this girl who was catching every damn thing. It went straight to her. So he was out but DH was going for home. They got it across the field and got DH as he was hitting home. Sad times.

I had two catches (including one really high kick) and a couple drops. Several catches where it was just too long for the throw to get to me and the runner was just safe. I was also ****** because I threw it at a guy from like a foot away and it ******* touched his shirt, I saw it. And he went on to 2nd. I was so ****** because it then made it look like I made a stupid move to not hold him at first, but I ******* saw it. We might switch me off first since I'm not the best, sad face. But I think putting me between 1st and 2nd would be good, because I'm decent at catching, it's the movement afterward. And someone with longer arms might get the ball faster. DH did agree that the one pitcher was slow to decide where to throw the ball, so that wasn't helping me. Plus I'll be gone for two weeks so someone needs to play there.

No meow friend update, she's on vacation. We don't play next week so no more kickball until June. Crazy.
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This post gave me a headache.












Not really, but I do have one. I'm going to bed.
 
mtowncyclone13 said:
**WHAT WOULD YOU DO**

playing trivia tonight, winner gets $100, and we are tied with one round to go. We got 7 in the last round and they got 8 so they won. However... We had the tiebreaker so if we would have tied we would have walked away with the $100.-But here is my gripe...


Question was: you have over 20k, 40k, or 60k miles of blood vessles in your body.

I said to write down the lowest amount because anything over 20k is over 20k. 40k and 60k are both over 20k so technically it's correct.

They marked it wrong (answer was 60k) and I argued 60k is over 20k so how could we be wrong? They basically said they just read the answers from the book.

I got ****** off and left.

Who is right or wrong? "Having fun" isn't the point.
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Technically you were correct.

You overreacted though, IMO.
 
cowgirl836 said:
heartbreaker tonight, sad face.

First time up, I got on first time (just barely) and then next guy kicked DH and I home. I ran each time after that but they threw fast and I'd be out like 1 foot from base.

We were down 5-7 bottom of 7th and first guy got on, then DH went and got on. So I go up and kicked, but it didn't cross the line so I waited to get the strike but it crossed the line and IDK why, I was like well too late to run I'll take the strike. Catcher had her back turned grabbing the ball, and I realized ****, pitcher is coming, this is in play so I took off. I damn near made it and everyone is like great fake out! I'm like it wasn't fake! I wasn't going to run! But, it got guy on 3rd home, so 6-7, DH on second, 1 out. Next girl goes and they like got in her way or something and she got first, DH to third. Guy comes up.....but it popped too much. It was a good kick but they had this girl who was catching every damn thing. It went straight to her. So he was out but DH was going for home. They got it across the field and got DH as he was hitting home. Sad times.

I had two catches (including one really high kick) and a couple drops. Several catches where it was just too long for the throw to get to me and the runner was just safe. I was also ****** because I threw it at a guy from like a foot away and it ******* touched his shirt, I saw it. And he went on to 2nd. I was so ****** because it then made it look like I made a stupid move to not hold him at first, but I ******* saw it. We might switch me off first since I'm not the best, sad face. But I think putting me between 1st and 2nd would be good, because I'm decent at catching, it's the movement afterward. And someone with longer arms might get the ball faster. DH did agree that the one pitcher was slow to decide where to throw the ball, so that wasn't helping me. Plus I'll be gone for two weeks so someone needs to play there.

No meow friend update, she's on vacation. We don't play next week so no more kickball until June. Crazy.
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Touching just clothing doesn't count. Has to make body contact.
 
cyrocksmypants said:
You shouldn't have been called out then.
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there was also one last year that hit my head and I know that's not allowed. I'm checking the rules and it only says you can't hit neck and above. Doesn't specify clothes/body. It also doesn't say anything about something I lost an out on. I was fielding a throw and it put me blocking part of the base, but I caught it before the girl got there so she was, imo, out before she got to the base. He called her safe because my foot was blocking part of the base. I get not standing in her way, and I was trying not to, but I caught the ball before she got there.
 
cowgirl836 said:
there was also one last year that hit my head and I know that's not allowed. I'm checking the rules and it only says you can't hit neck and above. Doesn't specify clothes/body. It also doesn't say anything about something I lost an out on. I was fielding a throw and it put me blocking part of the base, but I caught it before the girl got there so she was, imo, out before she got to the base. He called her safe because my foot was blocking part of the base. I get not standing in her way, and I was trying not to, but I caught the ball before she got there.
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Do you not have a first base that is two bases wide? Usually the fielder gets the inside part and the runner gets the outside part so there is no blocking.
 
cowgirl836 said:
there was also one last year that hit my head and I know that's not allowed. I'm checking the rules and it only says you can't hit neck and above. Doesn't specify clothes/body. It also doesn't say anything about something I lost an out on. I was fielding a throw and it put me blocking part of the base, but I caught it before the girl got there so she was, imo, out before she got to the base. He called her safe because my foot was blocking part of the base. I get not standing in her way, and I was trying not to, but I caught the ball before she got there.
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Had no idea leagues had rules, other than (1) don't drink "too much" and (2) let's play.
 
CyArob said:
Do you not have a first base that is two bases wide? Usually the fielder gets the inside part and the runner gets the outside part so there is no blocking.
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It is, he said my foot was in front of part of the outside part. I knew my foot was there but I was trying to catch the ball and was trying really hard to not block the entire base. But I still thought since I caught it before she got to the base (or my foot), it was irrelevant.
 
WDSM there is a place by us that is stockpiling nacelles in the parking lot if you want some. They probably need reconditioning though.
 
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