[JJ]

Watching the Phillies tonight I noticed one of the batters with his back foot not just on the back line of the box, but clearly OUT of the box, before the pitch was thrown.

Does MLB just figure this isn't a booger worth picking, and if so, why even have the lines?

They do the same thing with pitchers working out of the stretch not stopping. I don't ever - EVER - remember a MLB pitcher being called for running through a stop.

Are all of these little exceptions in some secret little MLB umpire's handbook, or are they just verbally dictated by supervisors, or what?

To me, this addresses the integrity of the game. Why have rules if they are not being enforced?

Oh, but make sure those base coaches have helmets...yeah, THAT'S a rule that needs to be enforced!

JJ

Can you tell it's the off season already and the long, long winter is setting in?
Sigh...thanks for letting me vent a little...