Is that what I thought? I thought that I thought that there was a FED rule.

You're giving too much thought to other peoples' thoughts, and obviously too little to your own.

Virtually everyone, including me, knows it's a FED rule. Virtually everyone knows that not every association everywhere uses FED and not every association everywhere stresses enforcement of the rule.

Now you know it, also.

SDS said that the properly equipped statement meant that the catcher had to wear a cup. KF said that it includes anyone who warms up the pitcher, not just the catcher. But he said that is in effect in his association. If he thought it was in effect in all NFHS games then there would be no reason to say "in our association". No one says "in my association the on deck batter must wear a helmet" because it is a standard rule, not a local rule. Adding in my association in front of it makes it sound like a local rule (In my association the pitcher is ejected if he hits 2 batters in one inning.) If Kevin Finnerty wanted to say that his association stresses enforcement of the rule then he should have said that.

I'll bet you were the one who kept demanding an explanation even after the bell rang at the end of class.

No matter how you phrased your statement, some people would find something to pick at it about.

Like someone will tell me not to end the sentence with a preposition, but only someone extremely anal.:)

Reference, please.

IOW, please drop it, also.

That last comment was my I'm-dropping-it comment.

Bob Jenkins?
 

What happened to my post?

Rita

You'll note that this thread is 2 years old, and was only re-opened by a spammer.