Has Anybody Read.....

[JugglingReferee]

What happens if you play a game on a mound that is too tall?

Does the game's result become invalid?
Was your insurance actually voided in that game?
Does your association lower your ranking for post-season assignments?

For a "rule" to have any real significance, there has to be a penalty. In Canadian football, the rulebook states that the field shall be 65 yards wide. But are we not going to play because a field is 68 yards wide? Nope. And there is nothing that either team can do about it, either. Our insurance stays valid, too.

Like I said, there has to be some sort of effect other than "so what" in order for it to matter that a mound is too high.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

What happens if you play a game on a mound that is too tall?

Does the game's result become invalid?
Was your insurance actually voided in that game?
Does your association lower your ranking for post-season assignments?

None of the above. Once the team(s) start playing, they have "accepted" the field.

[wmblue]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

None of the above. Once the team(s) start playing, they have "accepted" the field.

Exactly. The other night I had an a manager complain that the right rear corner of the plate was sticking up to the point of being a danger.

In my opinion, it was not, there was no imminent danger by anyone sliding over it.

He started in on me about it and I responded with at the pre-game conference there was no mention of this issue, therefore he agreed to the field conditions without exceptions as they were at the start of the game (the plate has been like this for weeks)

[greymule]

There a still-unresolved lawsuit around here stemming from a plate that had a corner sticking up. Not that anyone got hurt by the plate, but a runner halfway home tore up his knee when he tried to reverse direction and retreat to 3B.

He claims that on the way home, he remembered that the plate had a corner sticking up and, not wanting to be injured by the defective plate, tried to turn around and slipped on the wet grass.