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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
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Originally posted by GarthB
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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
Garth,
And you got this from......?
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Multiple (at least 4) Fed Clinicians (including a state head clinician) a former member of the FED rules committee and Carl Childress.
And, you got the reason as "excessive or unwarranted passion for a cause" from.....?
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I got it from seeing these folks butcher baseball rules every year for that last 19 years of working high school baseball, and every year saying "WTF did they make this or that stupid rule for?"
Can you really tell me with a straight face that you think some rules, like this one, make sense? Can you tell me what practical purpose killing the ball immediately on a balk serves? How about the rule that they almost fixed (half way) where the pitcher couldn't turn his shoulder when on the rubber? That was on the books for years, and what purpose did it serve? I could never make sense out it, and neither could my peers. There are so many more that I won't take the time to list, but they also make little sense.
There are obvious safety rules built in, which MAY be considered practical, but screwing with certain playing rules has always mystified me.
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Okay, so the short version is, you made it up. That's exactly one of the reasons we have the "dumb umpire" rules, too many just make stuff up.
I'll take the word of my sources over a "made up" reason.
Thanks anyway.