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I didn't say a word
Although, if I wanted to, I would. So here goes:
The most infamous incident in my memory in baseball is . . .
The George Brett/Tim McClelland pine tar incident.
Everybody on this board knows the rule, knows the opposing team's protest, and knows that Tim McClelland was 110% in the right.
A tape measure is not amongst the standard equipment I carry onto the field. I have thought about it recently, though, because I have observed this year a rather strange habit of teams putting tape on their bats more than 18" above the knob. Until the other team protests, though, I ain't hunting for fights. Zega at the pregame conference: "Are your players properly and legally equipped?" Coach: "yeah." Zega: "Let's play."
The point is this . . . we enforce some rules on our observation- we enforce some on the other team's protest. Some, like this one, we enforce not at all.
Strikes and outs!
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