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Originally Posted by surf24
No, the league allows protests. That umpire told me that I was wrong about the rule and he was correct.
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That's what the protest is for then. If the umpire has the rule wrong, the only way to correct it in that game is to protest. If he does this again, protest, you'll win.
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Originally Posted by surf24
This kind of interpretation of rules really are frustrating to me. I am of the opinion that if you are not sure exactly what a rule means or if the wording is confusing to you, you need to get it clarified. Now, this fair/foul thing - I really don't think any part of the wording or "concept" is confusing. It just seems that this particular umpire kind of has it in his own mind a certain way or something. He is also pretty young---really don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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It's frustrating to the rest of us too ... this is Umpiring 101. The rest of us spend good money getting trained, getting the right equipment, learning the inticracies of the game - it's irritating that someone who believes what you say is out there taking games. (Then again, I'm the one who just had a partner ON THE FIELD tell me that "the hands are part of the bat." That was just as irritating!)