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Originally posted by GarthB
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Originally posted by akalsey
How about some discussion on when to invoke 9.01(c)?
The view of some umps (on this board and elsewhere) seems to be that 9.01(c) is there so that when something happens in a game that they don't like, they can impose a penalty of some sort.
My viewpoint is that 9.01(c) is there to allow the ump to provide a ruling on those one in a million occurances that are not covered by the rulebook. Like when the bird flew into the path of the Randy Johnson fastball, killing the bird and causing the pitch to drop to the ground.
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This play was already covered in the NAPBL.
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I don't have an NAPBL, but curious what it says, not that it will ever happen againm, just curious. What does NAPBL say about killing birds with pitches? What does NAPBL say about killing birds with batted balls.
If I were using 9.01(c) on either I would say that birds flying is like wind blowing (ie nature) and either can make the ball move.