Pitch - Illegal or No Pitch?

[justmom]

JEL:

I don't see where Rule 7 says anything about intent (like rule 6 does). But, I see what you mean about Rule 6 having more teeth. Either way, this umpire made the correct call because the ultimate effect on the play would be the same...a dead ball, and definitely NOT an illegal pitch.

I guess the point I was trying to make was that I thought both rules were broken. In breaking Rule 6.10E, the act they committed was to violate Rule 7.3C. I guess it just goes to show that if a coach wants to try to BEND the rules he should KNOW the rules inside and out, because shady tactics like this example usually come back to bite!

[Edited by justmom on Jul 9th, 2004 at 11:43 AM]