Time to Eat My Cap?

[cbfoulds]

Not speaking for Tim, of course, but I suspect that he reads "carelessly" to mean something more and different from "accidentally" and "inadvertently", or even "forgetfully" and "stupidly". With this I agree.

Also, like him, I have never, in my judgment, seen a bat thrown "carelessly" on a 90' field: LL a different matter.

Where we, perhaps, disagree, is that I can IMAGINE a situation in which I would be required to consider imposing consequenses for a carelessly thrown bat; if I saw it, I believe I'd call it. It just hasn't happened yet [14 years]; and I doubt that it ever will happen; but you never know, sh!t happens.