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Originally posted by David Emerling
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Originally posted by cbfoulds
My fav is the caught-foul mechanics error do-over. Nobody but umpires is gonna get excited about the two plays where the lodged-ball/glove sitch happens. Somebody somewhere in Fedland is going to need an armed escort to the car for indicating "Foul" before the ball is caught in foul territory.
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The FED "foul ball" debacle will never happen because any umpire incompetent enough to call "Foul!" before a ball is caught is also incompetent enough not to be aware of the casebook ruling. Consequently, he'll probably go "Oops!" and still call the batter out.
Everyone will have a good chuckle at his expense. The batter will be out. And not a single person on the field will be aware that a FED casebook play had just been violated ... other than, perhaps, the other umpire; who is certainly not going to say a word at this point.
Ridiculous rulings like this don't bother me for some reason. They might as well have ruled:
If, during the course of live ball action, a meteorite hits the playing field, causing such catastrophic disruption of the Earth's atmosphere that it sends the entire planet into an Ice Age - the umpire shall immediately call time and declare the home team the winner of the ball game. The visitors are awarded a forfeit.
I think that would be a bad rule, too. But I don't care. Get my point?
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
[Edited by David Emerling on Feb 9th, 2005 at 10:13 AM] [/B]
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Actually, I don't, but no matter.
I am not "bothered" by dumb official rulings, & I'll certainly follow them in the games to which they apply.
As for the one I mentioned, I'll simply take it as a reminder not to be sloppy in my mechanics, and [presuming my partners do likewise], it will have as much impact on my games as the meteorite forfeit ruling.
However, I have to disagree with your initial premise: although the sloppy umpire commiting premature foul adjudication may also be ignorant about the case ruling, you can count on it that the offensive coach in that game will not only know about it, he'll have the '05 Case Book in his back pocket.