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Originally posted by smoump
while I agree about the multi-colored glove not being a distraction, a little white logo is distracting?? If you can see the word Rawlings from behind the plate, WOW. Now I understand this is an extreme example, but are you going to go out to the pitcher at the begining of the game and ask him to remove his glove if the only white of this glove is the Rawlings logo?
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Of course I don't find a little white in the logo distracting, but I do understand how quite a bit of white like a large Nike swoop could be considered distracting. That's why I feel the new rule was put in place. That is, to take out the judgment on how much is too much and just say any white is now illegal.
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Originally posted by phillips.alex
just remember it is up to your discretion....in my assn, a little tiny bit of white on a company logo isn't going to get a glove removed....also, they can just color it in with a sharpie....
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I don't see this as being discretionary. I think they've made it pretty clear that any white is illegal. I think it sucks, but I don't believe it can be ignored.
Here is the clarification again.
SITUATION 3:
With a runner on third, the defensive coach waits until the substitute pitcher has delivered a pitch for ball one to complain that the pitchers black and tan glove is illegal and wants a balk declared, thereby scoring his runner. The glove has a
small amount of white thread in the manufacturers logo.
RULING:
The glove is illegal, not because it is multi-colored, but because of the white contained in the manufacturers 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.