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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
I'm curious if any of you who also umpire Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken are having enforcement issues with rule 1.16. For those of you without a BR rule book here's what I'm talking about.
1.16
Babe Ruth Catcher's Mask And Throat Protector (All Divisions)
"Any player, manager or coach warming up a pitcher at home plate shall wear a mask and it's recommended anyone warming up a pitcher at any location wear a mask."
The problem I've been having is catching all kinds of grief when I insist that a coach warming up a pitcher at homeplate wear a mask. I've had two heated arguments with different coaches that say the rule says shall, and not must, so it's an option. I told the last guy that the Bible says thou shalt not steal, not thou must not steal, so he'd better consider my directive a commandment.
Tim.
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Shall means will means must. Shall does NOT mean "may," which is what it would say if the intent was for it to be optional.
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