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Old Thu May 10, 2007, 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by Dakota
I would say impossible to win unless you just happen to persuade the protest committee, commissioner, UIC, whoever of the injustice of it all or have a UIC who wanted to send a message to the PU. Umpire protocol is defined in Rule 10 (ASA), which begins with this:
I agree... but if this got to a protest committee, one could argue that you simply had two umpires who disagreed and made different calls. There's no reason that the resolution of this situation should be to go with the PU's call - there's at least an equal reason that the resolution should go with the BU's call. Yes ... a VERY tough argument to win in a protest situation. But conceivable.
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