Marietta Umpire Association

03/27/2026

Players are given fluids during timeouts to avoid dehydration. Officials must remember to rehydrate themselves to avoid the same issue.

03/24/2026

🚨Week 6 Baseball Rankings⚾️

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🔗: https://www.scoreatl.com/stories/week-6-baseball-rankings

03/17/2026

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟒𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐩-𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟓 📊

Locust Grove remains undefeated, hunting for that top spot.

Big region series on tap for North Oconee against Walnut Grove, who is tied for first with East Forsyth.

Full rankings, bubble teams, and more inside. 👇
🔗 https://prepbsbl.com/4atpjDY

03/17/2026

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩-𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟓 📊

Week 5 is in the books and King's Ridge remains undefeated.

Big games weekly between the contenders in the top 10.

Full rankings, bubble teams, and more inside. 👇
🔗 https://prepbsbl.com/4atpjDY

03/17/2026

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟓𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐩-𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟓 📊

Week 5 is done. Pope and Loganville get region sweeps. Brunswick gets a big series win over Glynn and gets into the top 10.

We will be in Augusta to get eyes on Evans this week.

Full rankings, bubble teams, and more inside. 👇
🔗 https://prepbsbl.com/4atpjDY

03/17/2026

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟔𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐩-𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟓 📊

Week 5 is in the books and we have a new #️⃣1️⃣, North Paulding. Harrison gets back into the top 10 w/ a massive region series this week.

After seeing all of these teams multiple times it is save to 6A is going to be a battle‼️

Full rankings, bubble teams, and more inside. 👇
🔗 https://prepbsbl.com/4atpjDY

03/12/2026

A common misconception some umpires seem to have about the NFHS rule book is that there are penalties that say something like:

"Upon violation, the umpire should finish the game, go home, and email the assigner to complain that the rule was violated and ask the assigner to handle it."

I bring this up because that is obviously not anywhere in the rule book, yet many umpires act like it is.

There is no penalty in the rule book that instructs the umpire to email someone after the game because they chose not to handle a rule violation on the field.

Now, there are occasional league policies that require reporting later. For example, in GHSA, if a field is not properly lined after being warned, that should go in the game report. But most of the time, that is not how rule enforcement works.

The rule book states a rule and imposes a penalty for violating it. The expectation is that the umpire will apply the rule and penalty during the game.

(Okay, maybe not every rule has a clear penalty. Looking at you, player-to-player meetings. But that’s a discussion for another day.)

This time of year, as temperatures start to rise, you’ll begin to see coaches transition out of their heavier jackets during pregame and early innings. That’s when this issue starts popping up.

By rule, coaches must either wear the same uniform top as the players or a team jacket, windbreaker, quarter-zip, or similar outer layer over the uniform.

What is not allowed is a T-shirt as the outer garment, even if it’s a team-issued shirt.

The rule is clear. If a coach is not in uniform, they are restricted to the dugout.

We need to be addressing this on the field, not ignoring it and emailing someone later.

I had this come up the other day. After the top of the first, I told the head coach:

“Jeff, your base coaches are out of uniform. You’ve got a light sweatshirt on, but they’re just wearing T-shirts. That’s not a legal uniform top.”

At first, he said coaches didn’t have to wear uniforms. I explained that they do. He said he’d handle it, and the next inning, both base coaches came out with their jackets on.

Later, he joked with me that he didn’t even like the T-shirts because they weren't a good look for older men. We both had a laugh about that.

And that’s usually how these situations go.

This is not necessarily a hill to die on immediately. Make them aware they are out of uniform. Most of the time, they’ll fix it in the next half inning when they go back to the dugout, just like this team did.

But the key point is this:

You have to address it.

Do not ignore the violation and send an email later asking someone else to deal with it. If it’s happening in front of you, it’s yours to handle.

Tell them they’re out of uniform.
Give them the chance to correct it.
And if it’s something obvious like jeans or sweatpants, then yes, that’s going to require immediate attention.

But either way, the rule is enforced on the field, not in your email.

03/11/2026

03/07/2026

Brazil's Joseph Contreras, who is a 17-year-old senior in high school, took the mound vs. Team USA 🤯

Joseph, who is the son of 2005 World Series champ José Contreras, got Aaron Judge to ground into a bases-loaded, inning-ending double play 🔥

03/04/2026

⚾️ Player of the Week Presented by Wilson ⚾️

Harry “Chubb” Jones Jr. of McEachern High School delivered in the Southeastern High School Baseball Classic Championship Game— 6.1 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, and 12 strikeouts.

On the season: 2-1 record, 35 Ks, sub-0.89 ERA, and no more than 2 hits allowed in any outing. Absolute dominance on the mound. 🔥👏AthletesGoLive Baseball Wilson Baseball / Softball

03/02/2026

The McEachern Indians are the Southeastern High School Baseball Classic champions!!!! The Indians got the championship win over the Buford Wolves 4-0! Click the link below for the full event recap.

🔗: https://www.scoreatl.com/stories/southeastern-high-school-baseball-classic-recap

02/28/2026

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐚 🍑
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 🔥

The first edition of the 2026 Heat Sheet is live. We will be keeping track of all arms we see in person that are 88+.

Check out the full list ⤵️
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