A little help please...

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

SouthGaRef,

The rule tibear posted has absolutely no relevance to your situation. The rule you are looking for is (OBR) 7.07:

JM

Boy, this may drag up an old debate, but I'm gonna say my piece anyway.

At one time, many professional umpires were told to scratch 7.07 out of their rulebooks. It's an old rule, was the argument, and it has since been superceded by the newer 6.08(c) and 7.04(d).

Likewise, I was told to scratch 7.07 out of my rulebook. I worked high school ball in a non-FED state with a former professional umpire as our Umpire-in-Chief. He used to call it the, "Idiot R2 Rule." The reason, of course, is because the only thing 7.07 can do that 6.08(c) and 7.04(d) cannot is award third to a runner on second who stood there like an idiot while his teammate from third tried to steal home plate.

"In our league," he'd say, "we're not gonna reward the idiot R2. Scratch it out."