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Originally posted by PWL
Quote:
Originally posted by BigUmp56
SITUATION 3:
RULING:
The glove is illegal, not because it is multi-colored, but because of the white contained in the manufacturerÂ’s logo. The pitcher must either replace the glove or darken the white threads in the logo with a dark pen that is not distracting. There is no additional penalty. (1-3-6, 6-2-1f,h Penalty)
Tim.
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Generally, they are talking about a big NIKE logo on the finger of a glove for example.
A coach cannot tell you what is distracting in this situation. You are the judge.
[Edited by PWL on Feb 8th, 2006 at 02:59 PM]
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The current interpretation seems to remove umpire judgment. The coach cannot tell us what is distracting, but neither can we when it comes to white on the glove. I was in a meeting this week and the NJ state rules interpreter went over this interpretation. He emphasized that we were talking about white thread, not just a big logo. Given what has been diseminated, if you told a coach that a minimum amount of white thread was not distracting, you could be creating a protestable situation. Of course, not having that option puts us in a position of being overly officious if we remove the glove. I like the idea of carrying a small sharpie; it provides a reasonable compromise.
Mike