Smartest Coach in the World

[RPatrino]

I would be very careful trying to use 'mockery of the game' to justify making calls. Part of the game is to try to use deceit and deception to your teams advantage. I remember in high school there was one team who used all these ploys, most worked the first time they tried them and very seldom after. As officials we do not need to interject ourselves into legal plays when we have no business doing so.

I personally enjoy seeing these type of plays because it makes the game fun, that's just me.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

I would be very careful trying to use 'mockery of the game' to justify making calls.

Absolutely ... but not for the reason you stated. "travesty of the game" appears exactly once in the rulebook and it applies to a VERY specific situation - one I've never seen or heard of during my lifetime. Yet those 4 words get trotted out every time an umpire (usually a Smitty) doesn't like the completely legal yet unorthodox tactics someone is using.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Absolutely ... but not for the reason you stated. "travesty of the game" appears exactly once in the rulebook and it applies to a VERY specific situation - one I've never seen or heard of during my lifetime. Yet those 4 words get trotted out every time an umpire (usually a Smitty) doesn't like the completely legal yet unorthodox tactics someone is using.

They should add another reference to "travesty of the game." When a Smitty makes up a fake rule and thereby is making a travesty of the game with his umpiring.

[MrUmpire]

Here's a travesty: Someone would refer to a coach who utilizes this dumb play as "the smartest coach in the world."

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

They should add another reference to "travesty of the game." When a Smitty makes up a fake rule and thereby is making a travesty of the game with his umpiring.

I love this and the one below but I'll just make one post.