Sat Aug 10, 2002, 01:17pm
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Originally posted by David Emerling
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
You are correct, there are places for warnings, but they are often defined. I was referring to an umpire ignoring a particular rule.
"Yeah, she's off the base, but I'm not going to call it."
"Sure the OF ran out of play, but the runner had stopped, so I'm not awarding any bases."
These aren't debatable. An umpire cannot acknowledge a violation and ignore it without setting themselves up for a protest. Why do you think umpires start so many sentences with, "In my judgment..."?
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I think that if you were to ever invoke ASA 10-1-L you would *have* to ignore, negate, or overturn a ruling.
How else would you apply this rule? "The umpire will not penalize a team for any infraction of a rule when imposing the penalty would be an advantage to the offending team."
"Yes, I know you left the base early, but I'm calling TIME, and putting you back on base. That wasn't a very good acting job. You clearly did that on purpose to gain an advantage. Now let's play ball!"
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That is not ignoring a rule, but applying the appropriate rule as directed by the book.
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