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Old Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:00pm
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Originally Posted by harmbu View Post
Thank you for your response. How do I go about handling this? In our state, we are allowed to protest a misapplication of a rule but must do it in 10 minutes or less before the next pitch. The onus is on the coach to show the umpire the rule. How do I go about proving something that I am told is there if it is not there? If the umpire simply wants to wait me out and say, "It's in there somewhere" I have no way of showing different. I always strive to be professional with umpires but I don't know how to handle a situation such as this.
Print this and show him the illustration on the left of the last row on page 3:http://www.taso.org/data/rule/baseba...n23-3-2014.pdf

Last edited by umpjim; Thu Aug 30, 2018 at 01:34pm. Reason: added page three
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