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Old Mon Oct 04, 2010, 10:16am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by BretMan View Post
Yeah, it's a rule and we are expected to enforce it.

But how many of us here would enforce it by making a big scene, stopping the game in the middle of an at-bat and screaming a threat of ejection across the field?

I'll give the guy credit for enforcing the rule. I think that his method of enforcing it stinks. And his later explanation stinks even more. Why go to the trouble of explaining this rule, then state that you're going to ignore another rule in the process?
Well, some of this would depend on what type of problems there may has been and if there was a certain person that has been a problem.

Doesn't sound like the issue here, but there are situations where an umpire may have to take what seems to be over-officious actions.
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