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Originally Posted by GaryBarrentine
So one umpire may think that this chatter is USC or Verbal OBS, where another may not? So would this be considered a judgment call and not protestable?
Thanks
GaryB
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USC is almost completely up to the umpire. There are very few acts that are specifically mentioned in the book as USC, resulting in an ejection (runners changing position and throwing a bat in anger are two off the top of my head). So yes, deciding what is USC is completely a judgment call.
Deciding whether or not something that was verbal hindered a batter, batter-runner or runner is also a judgment call.