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Originally posted by IndianaUmpRef
Protests are allowed in Indiana HS baseball, and if they want to protest, then by all means, please do so. And its not like I am picking the rules I want to enforce and jt enforcing them. This one to me is just illogical. I think that allowing an intentional walk by a defensive team is forfeiting your right to any appeal on previous batter-runners. I know the rule is not in there, but its definitely a part of the book that the rules people missed and I am not going to let a team be hurt because of it.
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Zach:
You should not be permitted to umpire a FED game with your attitude. I am not and I think and to me. Frankly, nobody cares what your opinion is.
You are hired to call by the rules. For example:
1. The pitcher in the set position swings his shoulder slowly to check a runner at first, and the umpire cries "Balk."
2. The DH hits for the second baseman, not the pitcher.
3. The pitcher balks, pitches, and the batter homers. The umpire disallows the home run.
4. A runner interferes with a fielder attempting to catch a foul pop fly, and the umpire calls out the batter!
How do YOU feel about those calls? In every case "regular" baseball is different from the FED rule.
You are the kind of umpire who gives officials of amateur games a bad name.