whats the rulebook say

[BigUmp56]

I thought about putting him and one other member on my ignore list but decided not to. My decision was made because in the past few months there have been less and less posts made by the higher quality umpiring minds on this board. We don't hear from Carl at all and Tee, Bob J, Garth, Sal, Ozzy, LDUB, and several others are posting more infrequently. Windy seems sort of engulfed in the AMLU issue so he doesn't say much outside of those threads either. This leads to erroneous information being left on the board by a few individuals. I figure that if we all put them on ignore then the only ones who'll see this garbage are newbies. This is a quality site where people come to get correct rulings or at least get pointed in the right direction. These tenents will be lost if there is no one left to dispute this nonsense.


Tim.

[SAump]

Suggestion for 2007 Fed Rules Committee

SAump brings OUT a glaring hole between RULE 3-3 and RULE 7-6.

It isn't PRETTY calling an ambulance to come cart off the catcher after a triple. It isn't very satisfying watching the sub-runner score a run on a PASS BALL, because the newbie sub-catcher had no experience behind the plate. I cannot suppport RULE 3-3 because I have seen some of these plays up close and personal. I will continue to enforce RULE 7-6 and take my stand in front of the protest committee. I will not turn and hide from another collision at the plate. Its just a GAME to be continued SAFELY. I lose nothing for trying. JMOHO.

Perhaps FED hid the INFRACTION in 3-3 because FED (YOU and all other ruling bodies, except ONE) will allow the batter to hit the catcher with the bat after a swing and continue on to 1B, 2B, 3B or HR. If that is a POSITION you feel is acceptable, DO NOTHING and enforce 3-3.

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One thing I know about this thread, each one of my post was ON TOPIC. You twist and ignore my words and make things UP about my comments. I could point at the insults and I could easily turn your words around ti-for-tat. I laugh and learn how your sling insults from the peanut gallery to elevate your STATUS. I don't try to alter the direction of YOUR comments. I am not interested and I choose to let that roll off me. PEACE.
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