Can the runner really do this?

[His High Holiness]

Originally posted by GarthB


This reminds me of something Dr. Levin, a professor I had in Logic years ago, once told me. "Mr. Benham, if you're not going to accept the answer, don't ask the question."

Garth:

Thanks for your answer. I was disturbed by Philip's response as well. Virtually all of the big dogs that replied to him told him NOT to call R1 out. Some of the big dogs would have allowed the play and others like me would have taken aggressive steps to prevent it. He narrowed in on my advice and went overboard by illegally calling R1 out.

I am not going to allow this play for the reasons stated but I NOT going to set myself for a protest by calling R1 out. Good umpires can get what they want without doing something illegal. After all, we have all the power. Powerful people know how to invent loopholes and evade the rules.

Peter