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Old Wed Mar 07, 2007, 02:53pm
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Originally Posted by Dutch Alex
OK this rule can be changed in th e future (just as any rule), but who are we to decide if a rule should be changed?
In my opinion we, umpires, are there to enforce the rules, not to make them...


Sander
Alex,

We may not be the ones to decide, but we should and do have an avenue for input...Many rules are changed by umpire suggestions to the right people, and Mike happens to be one of them....
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