I certainly hope this isn't a veteran umpire. If so, he needs some remedial clinics.
You've received the appropriate responses, however, I would not print them for the purpose of trying to show the umpire he is wrong. This is better coming from a rules interpreter, a State/Metro UIC or one of their deputies or assistants. The umpire is more likely to accept an explanation from those persons than from a group on the internet.
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