Who's responsible for keeping track of "auto-outs"?

[bniu]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Not to mention the fact that as time goes on, people in the org will come and go. Things will inevitably get lost in translation, leaving you high and dry when you go by the modified rule and someone wants to protest. If the rule changes are written down in black and white, the entire leadership could change, and their replacements could more easily pick up where they left off.

In my league, you see the same coaches/board members for upwards of 7-8 yrs at a time. The league actually has a pretty strict sportsmanship policy and there's almost no griping at all. And when leadership does change, it's usually friends of the current ppl who've already been accustomed to the league for a while. It's an extremely chill league, everyone's seen everyone in the community and know the unwritten rules well enough to not protest, not that protests would be allowed anyways. The coaches also like the fact that I only live 5min away from their fields and they don't have to worry about umps getting stuck in traffic.

When I do other leagues on occasion, I simply go by what the league's UIC tells me.