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Originally posted by bellnier
...and others, in the same season, where IPs were never called (I assume, now, by order of the organizers of each particular tournament). That's my definition of uneven application..
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Just because some Chevys are cars does not mean that all cars are Chevys nor that all Chevys are cars.
The renewal of this thread (which started, by the way, as a joke) was mainly about NCAA Div 1 pitching and application of the NCAA pitching rules by umpires.
Just because some tournaments (or overall organizations, such as NCAA) make unwritten adjustments to the rules regarding leaping does not mean than everytime you see a leap not called that the umpire was so instructed.
Sometimes poor or inconsistent umpiring is just that - poor or inconsistent umpiring.
I would venture, however, that the umpire crews in the NCAA national tournament were calling the IP pretty much exactly the way they have been instructed to call it.