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Old Thu Jun 11, 2009, 08:53pm
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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) View Post
Ump153,
I disagree. Heck, you don't really NEED any coaches to have a baseball game.
JM
Maybe a review of rule 1.01 would help:

"Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under direction of a manager, played on an enclosed field in accordance with these rules, under jurisdiction of one or more umpires.

Having coaches is part of the baseball tradition, and the rules. Coaches are there to help their team win, and umpires are there to make sure nobody gets an unfair advantage.