Quote:
Originally Posted by MrUmpire
Wrong interpretation. That rule is specifically designed to prevent a coach from replacing, or causing to be replaced, a pitcher prior to his fulfilling the requirements.
Example: Coach has used all three freebies and has put in a new pitcher. Offense counters with a pinch batter. Def. HC decided he wants a different pitcher and tries to get one by going for another trip thinking the umpire will make him pull his pitcher.
In the OP situation, it is not OOO to charge a coach trying to gain an unfair advantage.
|
I disagree. It is in black and white: You cannot allow a conference to
any defensive player after a pitching change until the pitcher has fulfilled his requirements.
The OOO, in "sticking with his guns" should have stopped the coach and informed him that he was not allowed back onto the field until the pitcher's requirements had been fulfilled.