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Old Fri Mar 13, 2009, 09:11am
TwoBits TwoBits is offline
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Originally Posted by MrUmpire View Post
When FED removed the accidental appeal from the rule book they neglected to delete that situation from the casebook. Elliot Hopkis acknowledged that fact and issued a statement that that ruling was no longer accurate. He issued a statement again the next year when that situation still appeared in the book

Why it remains unedited to this date is a mystery, but the fact is the accidental appeal has been removed from the rule book, and that was a POE at the time.
That is confusing. I guess its good for us umpires that coaches don't read rule books.
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