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Originally Posted by Dave Reed
Unless you are very different than most people (even umpires) you wouldn't be looking at BU on a checked swing uncaught third strike. That's not where the action or the ball is. And if you are dependent on TV to show you a volunteer call by BU, you'll never see it.
Eddings? You mean with A. J. Piersynski getting to first? Eddings called a strike immediately, behind the plate. That's more than a little different. Why do you think the BU should have piped up?
I don't know how long this ruling has been in the book, but it's not very many years. I expect recent rulings to be more strictly followed than old ones, so I expect that BU usually does, in practice, make the call.
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I was reading through the MLBUM (2007) last night and came across the "Voluntary Strike" provision on strike three. Umps are instructed on an appealable third strike to immediately signal the "yes he went" mechanic w/o even being asked by PU if PU has called "ball" so the B/R knows to run right away
I kind of like that provision/mechanic...even though it contradicts other aspects of the rule interps that state that the players/coaches are responsible for knowing certain rules/scenarios..for example an IFF inadvertently called by umpires in an incorrect situation or an IFF not called in a correct situation.
Are other associations adopting this Voluntary Strike mechanic in other rule sets?