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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
"Just as a Judge on the bench would not try to assume what is in someone's head, neither should we as umpires." - Ozzy
C'mon Ozzy - you do that every day when judging intent or the lack thereof. It comes with the territory.
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It's not the same here, Rich. You know full well (from a coach's point of view), all you have to do is say, "Mario, I was going to appeal anyway!". So how can I stop you from appealing?
Please, I am not trying to be difficult here, Rich. Let's run through this:
I've just ejected the PA Announcer and Pete wants to make an appeal that your runner missed the base. Unless you can come up with something that we can stand firmly on Rich, I am going to allow Pete to appeal your runner!