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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
By the big names, no one wanted to be "THAT" umpire, when no one else had been calling it, all season.
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And it has always been my opinion, if that is how you base your officiating of the game, you shouldn't be there. The umpire has NEVER been the one making the "official" rules, but properly enforcing those set forth by those sanctioning the game and rules to which the participants agreed to play.
Here's the big question: How did the game become so great before all the chicken shit rule changes, many of which IMO is more of a dummying down the game, not improve it.
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To Mike's last point, why does it apply only to the defense? As it relates to the violation of the pitching rule, only the pitcher has the responsibility to comply with the pitching rule, just as the batter has the responsibility to comply with batting rules. As it relates to the timing rules, it relates equally to BOTH; the batter is required to be in the batter's box and presumed ready within the first 10 second sequence, and if the batter then steps out to take ANOTHER offensive signal after that step is complete (again by both batter and pitcher) it is to be an awarded strike. Again, the umpire could mistakenly grant that batter "time" to ignore the violation.
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My point is if the pitcher is required to be in the pitching position to receive a signal, why isn't the batter required to be in their position? Yes, that may seem ludicrous, but no more than the way the NCAA is jerking around with something that hasn't been a problem for decades and can be controlled with the simple raising of a hand by the umpire.