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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
No, what this discussion is showing is that you are having a hard time comprehending a simple softball rule.
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I understand what the rule is. Hell, I already
know the answer to the scenario I posted. I'm mostly facilitating what was supposed to a be friendly discussion. I agree with all your rulings. Did I say I didn't?
As often happens, a tangent developed where we started discussing a poorly worded rule. You can't see how poorly worded it is because you know what it is
supposed to mean. I know what the rule is
trying to say. But I still insist (and I think many would agree with me), that it is poorly worded for what it's trying to say.
The three situations that I posted, regarding pitcher substitutions, highlight how an umpire might stumble in resolving them where reference to the written rule doesn't seem to give him clear guidance.
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It is an elementary substitution rule and your refusal to accept it speaks volumes.
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Oh, here we go ...
Where did I say I didn't "accept" it? I'm simply claiming that it is poorly worded.
Hell, it's not the first poorly worded rule. I've never read
any rule book that didn't have it's fair share of them.
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WTF is so hard to understand that a pitcher is no different from any other player on the team when it comes to substitutions or defensive positioning?
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Oh, is
that what it says?
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To answer your question on the front page, this discussion proves the answer is YES, softball really is that different and you prove it often.
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You're funny!
You get so angry and defensive during discussions. You're so predictable.
You're one of the only people I've ever conversed with who takes
the rules so
personal, as if we were discussing how ugly your daughter was.
Relaaaax ...
David Emerling
Memphis, TN