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This is what the pregame equipment check is for
In FED, kick the thing out of the dugout during your pre-game equipment inspection. Literally, put it out of the dugout before the game starts, then if you have to hammer someone for using it in the game, they have no excuse. that's why you inspect equipment before a game, don't you?
Not only that, the coaching staff will complain before the game, instead of during it when they decide they have to take a piece out of your hide.
The kicker is probably you are the only guy who worries about it in your area. Few, if any, other umpires worry about it in your area, so you will get portrayed as the bad guy in all this. And more than likely you are one of the few who checks equipment before a game too. I'm sorry for you, you will be labeled as a jerk for doing so, but inspect the equipment, throw the bar out of the dugout before the game, and don't worry about it.
And I say that because I was the bad guy who always checked equipment before a game when nobody else did, and I knopw coaches didn't like it come voting time. But too bad.
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