Home plate appeal costs HS Conn team Championship.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by MikeStrybel

You are within your rights as an umpire to ask athletes participating in the game to do it. Be careful telling (your word, I 'ask') others to do it. You would be wrong. The rules allow those on the bench to wear jewelry without incident. (3-3-1d)

Do you tell them to remove jewelry and then consider that a warning? If not, why do it?

Mike, I would never comment on a bench player and what they are wearing. That is silly on so many levels and you know this. This is one of your false equivalence arguments.

And again, I am OK with your position, but what I do works for me. Never been told not to do it or tell a player about an administrative issue which this is. Again, it is clear what makes you tick as an umpire is not what I get all worried about. I will continue to tell players I see that are in the game about jewelry. And yes I do tell them to remove it. That is part of our job and always has been.

Peace