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Originally Posted by GarthB
Good Lord, you can't read.
What you said: "I think the Little League umpire should advise the manager of the appropriate rule; you admit that an umpire might do so."
What BU really said: "If a situation were to arise where a question about a players eligbility needed to be addressed the most we woulddo is advise them of the appropriate rule."
You have done the impossible. You got me to defend BU.
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Sorry for the public message, but you seem to have PM turned off.
Given a situation where a protest is imminent, the facts are not in dispute, and it's about player eligibility, I think the umpire has three choices:
- He should feel required to know the rules and communicate them before the offending play happens (LL)
- If he knows the rules, the most he would do is communicate them before the offending play happens (BU)
- He shouldn't know the rules, and he certainly shouldn't communicate them. (RF)
In my judgement, positions 1 and 2 are almost in agreement, at least when compared with 3. That is all I was saying.