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Meetings
Meetings for 2027 Season
Morrisette VFW Post 294
81-83 Liberty Street
Quincy
Events/News
Congratulations Go To:
Mike Barbuto
He has been enshrined in the
Yawkey Baseball Hall Of Fame
Members representing SSUA in
2026 Little League Regional Tournaments:
Garret Nelson – East Region, Bristol, CT
Keith O’Brien – East Seniors, Bangor, ME
Mark Rulli – SE Region, Warner Robins, GA
100 Innings of Baseball – 2026
The 23rd Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular, the world’s longest baseball game
consisting of 100 straight innings over the course of more than 36 consecutive hours,
gets underway on Saturday, October 10th at 9 a.m. on Adams Field in Quincy.
The game is expected to conclude on Sunday afternoon.
Proceeds will support The Angel Fund, an independent nonprofit charity that benefits ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) research.
Raising funds to take research to treatment. Hope to reality.
Coordinated and hosted by chief umpire Walter Bentson,
100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular has raised $1 million for the fight against ALS since 2004.
The game will be officiated by members of the Massachusetts Baseball Umpires Association (MBUA)
with several statewide umpiring boards donating their services.
At least four umpires will be on the field for all 100 innings and more than 80 umpires will participate in the event, working in two-hour shifts.
Bentson, who has officiated innings since 2006, will make his annual ‘midnight appearance’ behind the plate.
Players from baseball leagues and individual baseball players are welcome to sign up to play all 100 innings, or as many as they can.
There are approximately 20 ballplayers who have played all 100 innings of the previous games and most plan to play this year.
For More Information go to: The Angel Fund for ALS Research
Cubs & Diamondbacks Not A Balk ??….
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By moving the pivot foot backward off the pitching rubber before lifting the lead foot, the pitcher completed a legal disengagement under Official Baseball Rules (OBR).
Rule 5.07(a) Legal Pitching Delivery (“Set Position” Comment)
Rule 6.02(a) Penalties for Mass Infractions (The Balk Rule)
Why This Is Legal:
Becoming an Infielder: The moment the pivot foot touches the ground completely behind the rubber, the pitcher officially drops their status as a pitcher and becomes a regular infielder.
Freedom of Movement:
Once the pitcher is an infielder, they can legally drop their hands, change their body position, or abort the play.
The Key Factor:
As long as the pitcher did not make a sudden, deceptive motion to home plate (like starting the actual forward drive of a pitch) before that pivot foot cleared the rubber, stepping off backward completely resets the play.
South Shore Umpires Association (S.S.U.A.)