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Carter wrote:
Gee;
#1. Well I think what they "extended" to all bases was the "in the vicinity" aspect of 7.10(d). But, as I said in my last post, I think that 7.10(d) [alone] vs. 7.10(b) [as modified by the "in vicinity" extension from 7.10(d)] may be a distinction without a difference and, as you say, you can ignore (b) for all practical purposes, with one possible exception:
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I thought I clearly stated the reason they extended (d). It was simply to allow an appeal at the same place whether it was at the plate or on the bases as that was the major difference in the two rules. Now the runner just has to leave the immediate area as opposed to touching his advance base in order to allow an appeal.
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#2. Explaining a call to a typical coach or [eventually] Protest Committee might be easier using the Rule printed in the book that at least APPEARS to relate to the play you are calling. Absent the Official Interp., it will be hard to convince anyone [witness ME] that 7.10(d) has anything at all to do with a play on the bases.
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That is true but your primary job is to enforce the applicable rules as well as rulings. The extension is printed in the BRD and C2 is arguably the number one rules man for amateur baseball in the world.
You are the authority on the field, all the coach can do is protest. You go to the protest meeting with the BRD in hand and show them (b), (d) and the interp in black and white. Case closed.
Coaches know Jack Schidt about the rules, they know nothing about touching the advance base under (b) nor the immediate area under (d), that's not their job, it's ours. I wouldn't use the book too often to prove a rule as it could backfire on you. It has too many errors in it. J/R points out over a hundred problems and then there are interps like this one that is nowhere to be found in the book, etc. Regards, G.
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