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Originally Posted by mbyron
How about 10-1-4: "Any umpire's decision which involves judgment, such as whether a hit is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out, is final" (my emphasis).
What else would "final" mean in this context, Luke?
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As we all know, final does not mean that the manager is not allowed on the field to argue the call. That exact sentence is in the OBR, but everyone who has ever seen a game on TV knows that by practice/tradition it is not enforced that way. Unlike other sports, in baseball the manager is allowed to stop the game to argue a judgement call with an official, that is just the way it goes.