I'm sorry, but what universe are those guys living in? There is
NO privision in the ASA rule book for calling any player out for unsportsmanlike conduct. There is
NO provision in the ASA rule book for disallowing a run from scoring for USC. There is
NO provision in the ASA rule book for calling a dead ball due to USC. Inteference, yes to all of those. USC,
NO.
Declaring a player out and putting a runner who has crossed home back on base are potentially game-deciding calls.
Back-dooring such a major (IMO it is major) change in the rules via a Rule 10-9 Case Play is extremely bad practice.
Perhaps ASA can get this ruling enforced without a lot of brouhaha in Championship Play, but what about the routine league games? What about all the ordinary invitational tournaments where the UIC is some local GOV umpire?
Until I get something in writing officially from ASA with the exact wording change of the rule that allows me to call the ball dead, declare a player out, and take a run back off the books due to slinging a bat, I ain't callin' it. No way. No how. And a Case Play by itself doesn't count.
