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I can't believe I'm saying this, but I understand where JM is coming from. Playing, and coaching, we read the BOOK. Not the commentary, or J/R, or the rest, but the BOOK. For example, a strike is armpits (or letters, or whichever rule) to knees, across the white. Regardless of score, regardless of time, regardless of age.
So, to a coach, THEIR version of the book controls.
If WE, as umpires, cannot EXPLAIN the book to them of course they'll object.
All that being said, my best advice to coaches is listen to your catcher - after all, he's with us all nine.
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