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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by bluezebra
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Originally posted by Tim C
At least correctness was served.
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet...81630817&path=
The call was in error and the State corrected it.
As I posted above even state interpreters can misstate the rule and cause great problems.
For those of you who had lost track of the ruling:
The original umpire had ejected players for a celebration during a DEAD BALL and that is not of what the POE speaks.
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The State did not correct it. They chickened out. Since the gross misinterpretation of the rule came on a dead ball, West Caldwell should have been declared the winner, 10-2.
Bob
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The article said the HR made it 10-2, but the original post said the score was 10-2 when the HR was hit. If the post was correct the final score should have been 12-2 and game over on the 10 run rule.
[Edited by DG on Mar 19th, 2005 at 03:24 PM]
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Exactly, it would have ended it per the original post. To me the fair thing would have been to pick it back up from the spot of the home run as this really sounds like a protest situation. Not sure if NC allows protests but, to any extent, justice was not fully served here.
Personally, I keep the kids off the dirt around home plate, I give the catcher a ball and tell him to take it to the pitcher and then let them have their celebration of the HR as long as no one does anyting directed at the other team.