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Originally Posted by ronald
... preventive umpiring? word does not exist as you are preventing the other team from having a violation enforced. However they tell us not to let it happen. Mind boggling. sure wish somebody would make his or her mind up. ...
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For preventative umpiring to happen, the umpire has to notice the preventable violation ahead of time or as it is ABOUT to happen. In the OP, the PU did not notice that the player being subbed for was on base until it was protested by the opposing coach after the ball had been declared live (in fact, after a pitch). It is too late to prevent anything by then. I can hear the mental "oh $hit" when he looks at his line up card... His instinct would probably be to make the adjustment that WMB suggested. But, by the book, it is an illegal and unreported sub, and the penalties are there in the book, too.
Glen, do you know what the on-the-field ruling was?