An attempt to draw attention from the "85% missed this one" thread

[njdevs00cup]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

njdevs00cup,

The head of your association needs to get his hands on something called a "Rules Book" - and look at 8-3-3f. (FED)

For OBR-based games, I would suggest you share the following with him:



JM

Thank you for clarifying this! The head of our association is a very knowledgable umpire, so I may have missed a detail in their somewhere. Glad the situation didn't happen this year, I would have looked like an a**!

[Forest Ump]

One thing about the rule book, it will list every way a batter or runner can be put out. If the out you are thinking about isn't listed in there, it's not an out.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Forest Ump

One thing about the rule book, it will list every way a batter or runner can be put out. If the out you are thinking about isn't listed in there, it's not an out.

http://forum.officiating.com/showpos...33&postcount=1