batting out of turn....

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by chuckfan1
Hey gang, new to this board. Someone reccommended it to me to check on rules etc. Have umped the past few years as a duty of being a mgr, and this is my first full year "on the clock".
Im learning new things all the time, and continaully trying to improve. Heres one thats got me paranoid. Batting out of turn. Ive read and re-read the book several times, but I cant get it to "click". That is, make total sense in my noggin, so if it happens, I can recall the it instantly and make the right call.
Now I can handle the most basic of this infraction, I think, but is there a quick rule of thumb that I can follow? No matter how big a cluster **** it might become?? Thanks......

When I teach this rule I say:

It's called BOOT -- Batting Out of Turn.

It should be called BTSTBWIYT -- Being Too Stupid To Bat When It's Your Turn.

That helps all remember who is out (the Stupid one) -- the rest is just details.