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Originally Posted by Tim C
During the pre-game plate conference you say to the coaches:
"Are all your players legally and properly equipped including no jewelery?"
Both coaches mutter:
"Yes."
Now it is the fourth inning and the batter at the plate has complained, muttered, shook his head at a few of your calls.
You have reached the point that you would really like to dump him but he has not gone quite over your "line".
As you call strike three with your best Leslie Nielsen dance steps the batter walks past you giving you the REAL FU stare.
You notice at this precise instant that he is wearing a silver necklace.
You loudly announce to the crowd of seven:
"You're GONE for wearing jewelery!!!!"
Are you correct in your ruling?
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Along these lines, you're working an NCAA D3 conference game when you notice the batter is wearing a helmet that has a 2-inch crack on the side facing you (opposite side of the pitcher). The crack is where the visor meets the head casing. Do you ignore it because of the crack's location? Do you ignore it because it's not really that big and has not caused the helmet to really "split"? Do you tell him to get a new helmet?
Well, I was the plate umpire in this situation when I simply but politely approached the batter and told him to get a new helmet. After his at-bat, the next two guys had a similar problem: they were wearing cracked helmets as well--and not the same helmet, either. Head coach looks at me and says, "We're running out of helmets."
Like that's my problem. You'd think this was a no-brainer.