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Old Mon Jun 30, 2003, 04:24pm
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Originally posted by Deion
tried to call it without success ( Plate Umpire Over-ride.)
ASA 10-1G "No umpire has the authority to set aside or question decisions made by another umpire within the limits of the respective duties as outlined in these rules."

ASA 10-1J "The plate umpire and base umpire will have equal authority to: ... 4. Call all illegal pitches."

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The PU kept telling people, she doesn't have to drag her foot off the rubber.
ASA 6F-3I. "Pushing off and dragging the pivot foot in contact with the ground is required... "

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And guess who the league president is? You got it. The Plate Umpire.... Go figure.
Sounds like this dictator has his own little empire here where he makes the rules by fiat.
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