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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
A couple of nights ago, the crew in the Dodgers game did not know the rule about two visits in an inning. I knew the rule watching that game live and, oh by the way...I am not a professional umpire. MLB umpires should literally have the book memorized.
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”No, no, no!” Mattingly heard plate umpire Adrian Johnson shout. ”You can’t go back.”
By then, however, Mattingly had covered the two steps back onto the mound.
Sounds like they were on it to me. Alot of the confusion was over if it was an emergency as defined in the rulebook to allow for as many warmup pitches as deemed necessary.