Strikeout not credited?

[Rich Ives]

Tee

The ONLY place in OBR that it says an official scorer cannot notify a team of a BOOT is in rule 10. If you heard it at umpire school they were using 10.01 as the basis.

6.07 says: "The umpire shall not direct the attention of any person to the presence in the batter's box of an improper batter. This rule is designed to require constant vigilance by the players and managers of both teams"

Note the absence of an admonition to the official scorer.

The admonition to the official scorer is in 10.01(b)(5)
"The scorer shall not call the attention of the umpire or of any member of either team to the fact that a player is batting out of turn."


There is NO definition of "Steal" or "Stolen Base" anywhere in rules 1-9. The conditions of what constitutes a stolen base are in 10.08.

Being a coach does not mean one is wrong.