Umpire Jursidiction

[Jim Porter]

The line of sight rule isn't stupid. It was how that situation was handled that was stupid. Heck, for day games at Fenway Park they have an area in the center field bleachers where they place a black tarp over the seats. They only started doing that a few years ago. In fact, there was a game several years ago where the Red Sox players were complaining about the line of sight, so they cleared that section of bleachers.

The mistake in this situation was made by the District Administrator. That field should not have been awarded such a big game without having a line of sight section in center field masked off. As an ADA myself, I can tell you that no way would we award a league such a game without that already in place.