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Preventative umpiring is what you are able to do when you have a set of rules to go by, ergo you notice the pitcher leaping in her warm-ups and you tell the coach that if she does this in the game, you will nail her with an illegal pitch. That gives the coach the option of fixing it or suffering the consequences of the rules.
However, if you have no set rules to go by, then you certainly cannot utilize preventative umpiring. And this seemed to be the case here. There is no way that I would even accept an assignment under these conditions, for bedlam is certain to follow. That is why rules have to be decided prior to the contest by whoever is supposedly running the show. Furthermore, as Mike pointed out, there is certainly no insurance covering you in the event that something happens if this is an unsanctioned game.
So apparently, Chris, your concept of "preventative umpiring" and mine don't quite jive either.
Scott
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