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Originally Posted by Don Mueller
Same place where it says a coach can come to the plate during live ball action to argue about my balls and strikes.
I did it. So I got the authority from somewhere.
I think it's called assumed authority. Your speaking strictly to expressed authority.
And I agree that I overstepped my expressed authority, but it worked so well that given similar circumstances I'll do it again.
I know the rule. I'm not arguing. But it's a great way to disarm the coach and an easy sell.
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So, if we don't like the methods available in the rulebook, we should just make up our own penalties? Coaches coming to home plate to argue balls and strikes is covered in the rulebook. It is called an ejection. Instead, you choose to make up your own rule and penalize the batter for the coaches actions. Do you do the same for other situations that are covered in the rules?