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Originally posted by SAump
Dear Monday Morning QB,
Did you enjoy football yesterday? Happy MLK day! Please go out and celibrate your government holiday. Take the day OFF.
Not wearing socks is like a kid wearing his baseball cap backwards. He can do it. But an UMPIRE should request that he turn it around and wear it like a baseball cap.
MLB 1.11 (a) (1) All players on a team shall wear uniforms identical in color, trim and style, ...
I would prove that this apllies to (MLB) umpires as well, but then all my hard work would VANISH like a RISING fastball. So I will not bother.
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As much as I would have liked to enjoyed football yesterday, both the Colts and the Bears made that pretty much impossible.
I understand you saying a player should wear socks. My point is you can't tell him he has to wear socks unless you're an OOO. There's been an increasing trend for baseball players to wear full length pants where the bottom of the pant leg is pulled over the back of the shoe. You can't see if a player is wearing socks or not if they wear their pants in this fasion. I'm also accustomed to seeing players wearing high top cleats with an ankle cut sock. Are these players in violation of 1.11?
Are you checking all the players for socks? If you did find a player without socks, what are you going to do, tell him he can't play?
OOO
I guess the next time you see an exploding fastball you'll be looking for shrapnel.
Tim.