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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2016
E MERALDS
EUGENE — The Eugene
Emeralds are looking to close
out their five game home stand
against
the
Vancouver
Canadians with a strong show-
ing on and off the field.
The promotions include
Military Appreciation and
another Good Karma Monday.
On Aug. 7, the Emeralds will
salute the women and men who
risk their lives for our country
with a special female edition of
Military Appreciation Night.
In a field dominated by men,
the Ems are taking the time to
TO HOST
M ILITARY A PPRECIATION , G OOD K ARMA
give special recognition to the
women who serve from the
Eugene and Springfield area.
To add to the night, the Ems
will be having a military jersey
auction, where fans will be able
to come out and bid on their
chance of walking away with a
jersey.
Military appreciation is pre-
sented by Original Roadhouse
Grill and the City of
Springfield.
Come out and support veter-
ans and enjoy America’s pas-
time all in one night.
The Emeralds’ Kendall
Community Spotlight for the
night will be American Hero
Adventures, an organization
that strives to “Provide our
nation’s finest and their loved
ones with adventures of a life-
time.”
AHA accomplishes this by
providing stress free, stress
relieving and bonding activities
to combat-wounded or duty-
injured veterans and their fami-
lies.
It’s the intent of American
Hero Adventures to provide
wounded heroes and their fam-
ilies the opportunity to experi-
ence these adventures together
and create lasting memories
that can be passed down
through generations.
The Emeralds will be round-
ing out the home stand on
Monday, Aug. 8, with another
Good Karma Monday, present-
ed by Northwest Community
Credit Union.
Come to the Toyota Ticket
Office on game day and decide
the price of your ticket. Part of
the proceeds goes to the March
of Dimes Foundation.
Each year, 380,000 babies
are born too early in the United
States; premature birth is the
leading cause of newborn
death.
March of Dimes is working
reduce this number.
Help in the fight against pre-
mature birth through March of
Dimes-funded research and
education programs.
Stop by the March of Dimes
table to find out how to help
here in Lane County.
March of Dimes gives every
DAYS
baby a fighting chance.
The Eugene Emeralds are the
short-season Class A team of
the Chicago Cubs. In 2015, six
of the top 30 Cubs prospects
spent time in Eugene including
Ian Happ, Donnie Dewees and
Eloy Jimenez.
With 61 years of history in
Eugene, the Emeralds are the
longest tenured and only found-
ing member remaining in the
Northwest League.
For more information, visit
www.EmeraldsBaseball.com or
call the office at 541-342-5367.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —
High school baseball rules will
now require a pitching restric-
tion policy based on the num-
ber of pitches thrown in a
game.
The revised pitching policy
in Rule 6-2-6 was one of six
rules changes approved by the
National Federation of State
High School Associations
(NFHS)
Baseball
Rules
Committee at its June 5-7 meet-
ing in Indianapolis.
The rules changes were sub-
sequently approved by the
NFHS Board of Directors.
Each NFHS member state
association will be required to
develop its own pitching
restriction policy based on the
number of pitches thrown dur-
ing a game to afford pitchers a
required rest period between
pitching appearances.
“We’re pleased that the rules
committee worked in conjunc-
tion with the NFHS Sports
Medicine Advisory Committee
to find an acceptable and rea-
sonable modification to this
rule in order to emphasis the
risk that occurs when pitchers
overuse their throwing arm,”
said Elliot Hopkins, NFHS
director of sports and student
services and staff liaison for
baseball.
The
Baseball
Rules
Committee also revised Rule 2-
32-2 regarding sliding into
home plate. The revised lan-
guage states: “At home plate, it
is permissible for the slider’s
momentum to carry him
through the plate in the baseline
extended.”
The committee altered this
rule since the physical design
of home plate makes it difficult
for a runner to break momen-
tum on a slide, as opposed to
the other three bases, which are
elevated.
The committee also revised
Rule 3-3-1, which states the
umpire has the ability to give
three warnings to a coach or
player before he or she is
removed from the game.
“Officials now have the
opportunity to provide a tiered
warning system for coaches or
players,” Hopkins said. “It pro-
vides the coaches or players
with a teachable moment to
change their unsportsmanlike
behavior in order to stay in the
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A new article 6 was added to
Rule 8-3 to provide a rules ref-
erence for an existing ruling in
the Baseball Case Book. The
new article reads: “When a
plate umpire hinders, impedes
or prevents a catcher’s throw
attempting to prevent a stolen
base or retire a runner on a
pickoff play, if an out is not
made at the end of the catcher’s
initial throw, the ball shall be
dead and all runners shall
return to the bases occupied at
the time of the interference.”
The rules committee also
approved an addition to Rule 8-
4-2, which states that any run-
ner is out when he is physically
assisted by a coach. This rule
change supports a revision in
Rule 3-2-2 Penalty, which
states that the runner shall be
called out immediately when he
is physically assisted by a
coach.
A complete listing of the
baseball rules changes will be
available on the NFHS website
at www.nfhs.org. Click on
“Activities & Sports” at the top
of the home page, and select
“Baseball.”
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