This really happened. Your not going to believe it!

[Tim C]

I find your position untenable at best.

Over 100 years of baseball has extended the OBR by rulings. Nine simple rules in a $4.00 pamphlet cannot simply cover everything that can happen.

For you to "demand" written proof is a fine challenge but unnecessary.

Steve, we know that even laws in the United States can become accepted by practice and common use. So do simple baseball rules.

It is unbelieveable to me that a top-notch, well thought of umpire such as yourself can actually believe that coaches would ask for F3 to be protected by a violation of the runners lane. This time you have mystified even me.

There are literally hundreds of intrepretations (associated with all baseball rule books) that have developed by "accepted practice" over the decades.

For you to ignore this basic concept makes me wonder what your real issue is behind this discussion.