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Originally Posted by mcrowder
First, a very small "Shame on you" for not forseeing this possibility... but it's very small compared to ...
Second - a HUGE FU to the coach. I'm not sure I'd have ejected for that comment - in fact, I probably wouldn't. But that comment would certainly have pissed me off, and gotten at least a "Coach - that's YOUR job at the plate conference." His leash would certainly be short after that comment.
And ... in the absence of a ground rule, it think it would be fair to assume this to be a rulebook double, just as it would be fair to rule a ball caught outside that invisible line where the fence should have been as a ball not caught in play.
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It is the home team job to
define the ground rules, but it is an umpiring responsibility to
know them and
ensure they are defined.
I can't imagine ejecting or even being angry about that comment, especially when she was correct. But maybe Texan coaches are more difficult.
And it's a "two base award", either by book or ground rule.