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Originally posted by noobie
Some coaches are looking for any edge they can get out of the rule book.
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Trying to focus this back on this one sentence in the one POE, rather than the entire rule book... This coach was not looking for an edge. He was far to emotional for that. He truely believed that since F3 moved in front of the base it was
by definition and
by emphasis in the rules clearly OBS. He was angry the call was not made (poor umpiring, in his view), not trying to work the umpire. I lay the blame for this misunderstanding (and this example is far from isolated this season) on the teaching that has arisen from this one sentence in this one POE.