Assignor Nightmares

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by His High Holiness

All,

I have read the whole thread and I am appalled at the apparant willingness of some umpires to play God and try to make things "fair." Our job is to enforce the rules. League officials are allowed to make things fair if they want. But for umpires, the only correct course of action is eject the announcer, call R2 out, and move on.

With all due respect Peter MLB umpires have already done this.

Last year in the Indians / O's game we had a run put back on the board some 3 innings later - Show me the rule that would allow them to do that.

This year Mets vs. Braves - We had a catch changed to no catch. Final Ruling: The umpires retroactively declared the ball dead at the moment of the call reversal and moved everyone up a base.

Therefore, IMO it is not that some of us want to play GOD and make things fair but making a call that is in the best interest of the game. If MLB umpires can do it so can us amateurs.

Pete Booth