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There's some scary thinking in these parts that 9.01(c) gives the umpire the right to modify certain rules to their liking.
After a clinic for a local youth league, I asked the UIC about the wording in the local rulebook dealing with an overthrow. The rulebook actually said "1 + 1" on an overthrow. I discussed that the rulebook had some glaring errors and used this as an example. He replied, "If the runner is standing on first and isn't moving, I'm not going to give him 2 bases since he hasn't earned it. 9.01(c) lets me do that."
It's in every umpire's best interest to rule with what's consistent with official interpretation and authoritative opinion. What umpire, from rookies to veterans, hasn't heard the saying, "Well, they didn't call it that way yesterday!" If 9.01(c) were to be that open-ended, any sense of consistency would cease to exist.
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