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Originally Posted by Dakota
Grab a handful of dirt and... rub it on the ball (illegal), put the ball on the ground and sprinkle it on the ball and then rub (legal)... That's just silly, IMO.
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He never said it was illegal for an umpire to grab a handful of dirt and rub it on the ball. Hell, I do that all the time, and never really thought of it as an issue. He just suggested not to do it, and it was my speculation that the reason behind it had to do with it being illegal for a player to do it, so he came up with an alternative way of doing it. Yeah, maybe it is silly, but it's not quite as obvious, I suppose.