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Bob,
You should be very glad I'm back. At least now, people won't assume that you and I are one. (Charting your schedule bordered on stalking, eh?) You'll also notice that you don't have to edit or delete my posts. I'll try to keep it that way.
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Several of you are so hung up on what the player says rather than what happens. Carl, BigUmp, Davein SoCal and others play attention:
1) If F5 says "Back" or even "Get Back" to a runner it is not obstruction unless the play is altered in some way. Why is that a puzzle to you? If the runner doesn't bite, we have nothing! Please take a Xanax and read the book again.
2) If the infield says "Bunt" and the batter doesn't do it, do you penalize them?
3) You still can't justify enforcing the penalty on something you can't possibly see. Carl, when someone curses directly at you from the dugout what do you do? What happens if your back is turned and you can't tell who said it?
4) T, I did not change the topic. Analogies are the name of the game here, since so many seem to not want to answer the question. When two sides vehemently disagree, the dialogue needs to change. I even offered A2D as an option to the debate.
Carl said that he makes some calls based on what is expected of him by assignors, evaluators, etc. I said that our state doesn't agree with his assessment of this play. Finally, you realized that our interpreters are no different than the ones that don't emphasize coach uniforms, the batter's box, exclusive use of NFHS baseballs. There is a section in the book that says by state assocation declaration, any rule may be superceded. Again, why is this a puzzle to Carl and his minions? I would love to see them pull out the Newsletter to validate their point. "Uh, coach this is from 1988, but it says quite clearly..." The casebook changes every year, so does the rule book. Grab the 1988 one (since you seem to have that Newsletter handy), how many pages are in it? Uh, oh...
I appreciate your candor and the fact that you can dialogue without taking it into the gutter. I respect umpires that disagree and can argue their convictions. That is what most every call is about.
**Please let me know when the San Antonio clinic will be held. I know some guys down there that will be happy to speak up for me. It will be interesting to see how an autocrat responds to someone who doesn't make his living on a highschool or Legion ball field.
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