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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
(and, Tim, this wasn't directed specifically at you. This question gets asked multiple times per week and is directly from the book. There's no interpretation needed -- well, unless you think thre's a difference between R1 (in the example) and R2 (in your play). I get frustrated with people who (seemingly) aren't the least bit willing to help themselves).
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My guess would be:
1) Like everyone who posts repeat questions, he is not an umpire
2) He does not own a rulebook (and don't point to that jumbled up mass of text on mlb.com, which hurts my head trying to sift through with the only paragraph separation and indentation is between individual rules- for the average joe who doesn't know where to look, that would take forever).
3) He can get an answer very quickly here from umpires like yourself who know the rules.
4) He doesn't know anyone who's an umpire whom he can ask.
5) He doesn't know general message board etiquette to use the search function to see if his question was already asked (which should be #1 for most first time posters).
You can apply that to 99% of ppl who ask basic questions on any umpire forum you read.