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Originally Posted by w00j44
Nobody on, nobody out. BR after a D3S is not fully aware of the situation but begins to jog to first, failing to drop the bat. Catcher has trouble coming up with the baseball and BR safely crosses first base, with the bat in hand. I searched my rulebook and could find a specific ruling. Rule 9.01c states that the umpire has authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules. I think I would call the runner out for disrupting the natural flow of the game but I may be missing something.. thoughts>?
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Tell me why you would even consider the fact that carrying a bat around the diamond was against the rules? How is this"disrupting the natural flow of the game"? And to back it up, we'll use 9.01c!
I swear, it we could remove 9.01c in OBR and its mate FED 10-2-2, many of these people would have to give up umpiring! Baseball is officiated by rules, not myths!
Sorry if I sound like I am getting fed up but to tell the truth, the caliber of umpiring that I am seeing lately and the posts that I am reading lately is leading me to believe that no one is opening a rule book anymore!
I will now renew my medication!