|
The point being made was not that umpires should not know the rules (you're preaching to the choir on this board), but that umpires do make mistakes, even when they know the rules. It is part of the game. Just like wild pitches, passed balls, fielding errors, swings at pitches in the dirt, and taking pitches down the middle.
The protest process was put in place to give coaches some recourse. Our HS league here does not allow protests, either, but they do have coaches rate the umpires. Taking away the protest may be a reaction to abuse of the process or perhaps a manpower shortage in the state HS league offices so they are unable to deal with it. Shame, really. It does help make the system self-correcting.
__________________
Tom
|