What a mess...

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Rich:

Steve said that there's no way to call him out. What he said was he should have been ejected, which he probably should have for running into the middle of the field.

Tim.

Steve said

The umpire couldn't call anyone out, but he could have, and perhaps should have ejected the coach as per 4.05(b) PENALTY.

I read this to mean he could have called an out and should have ejected the coach. I can see where you're coming from, that he's saying you could have and should have ejected the coach. Making it two sentences would have cleared it up for me.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Steve said

The umpire couldn't call anyone out, but he could have, and perhaps should have ejected the coach as per 4.05(b) PENALTY.

I read this to mean he could have called an out and should have ejected the coach. I can see where you're coming from, that he's saying you could have and should have ejected the coach. Making it two sentences would have cleared it up for me.

Then you have an interesting way of reading the phrase "The umpire couldn't call anyone out." I read this to mean that the umpire couldn't call anyone out. You read it the way you want, I suppose.

He then goes on to say that he could have and probably should have EJECTED the coach.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Sorry for the bad grammar. He could have and perhaps should have been ejected by rule.