Rules Test

[scarolinablue]

Originally Posted by jicecone

SAY WHAT?

"we don't do appeals in FED ball."

Please enlighten us? This IS, 2010 isn't it?

What dash said...

For whatever reason (my eighth year of FED ball and I still don't know the reason behind it...maybe lawump will read this and chime in...) we do not do appeals in South Carolina. If we see an appealable play, we call it. The burden is not on the defense to appeal, it is done automatically (assuming it is seen by the umpire).

That said, the longtime head of baseball in the SC High School League has retired, so maybe this quirk will be on its way out soon. I can only hope...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by scarolinablue

What dash said...

For whatever reason (my eighth year of FED ball and I still don't know the reason behind it...maybe lawump will read this and chime in...) we do not do appeals in South Carolina. If we see an appealable play, we call it. The burden is not on the defense to appeal, it is done automatically (assuming it is seen by the umpire).

That used to be the FED rule. The reasoning was that in no other sport did the official note an infraction and wait to be told about it by the offended team before ruling on it.

FED changed the rule, but SC stuck with the "old" rule.

[scarolinablue]

Thanks for the (amazingly) simple explanation, Bob. It really isn't 2010 here in the Palmetto State!

[jicecone]

I had my doubts about a lot of things down here in the Louisiana, when I moved here a couple of years ago but, I feel a lot better now.

Don't tell me they did not adopt the pitchers ability to turn there shoulders before coming set also.

Well truely, when in Rome ...............!

[scarolinablue]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Don't tell me they did not adopt the pitchers ability to turn there shoulders before coming set also.

Nope, just the appeal rule. Though the gorilla arm is getting a lot of talk in our meetings this year.