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From the fingertips of the Wizard:
I say you shouldn't worry about an umpire's inability to sell the FED interpretation. In 15 years they've played about 36,000 games or so in the major leagues; and a batted ball has been stuck, uh, I mean "lodged," three times. We only know of its happening ONCE in a high school game in who knows how many hundreds of thousands of games.
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To which, I respond:
Who is this "we" you refer to in the last sentence?
Those of us in Illinois, know it happened in a State Championship game five years ago. Those in Colorado shared the same experience in their state championship a few years ago. That would be two times - in the biggest high school games of the season - and both of them were mentioned in that rag you've often maligned. Will this play happen again? The answer is very likely. The play I described (regarding a lodged ball, not discovered until the end of playing action) might be more unlikely. But we have rules that govern line drives that directly hit the pitching plate and rebound out of play and other rarities. Why shouldn't we have clarity to this issue, as well? The fact is that the Fed boofed this one. But, I'm beginning to understand why they do it this way. Next year they'll have a reason to do it again. It's kind of like going to the mechanic's and he only fixes one thing at a time. That way he can perpetuate his existence. This wasn't a bold move on their part or some radical discovery of an issue that needed refinement. They have once again decided that the NCAA and OBR are wrong and that they know better.
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