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[whiskers_ump]

Originally posted by Rachel
Andy + JEL's answer was the one that the other umpire gave in answer to his question. Although there is nothing in the book to move the runner back there was no change in status of the runner since the last pitch. This needs to be addressed in the rule book as there is nothing that covers this situation.

[Edited by Rachel on Apr 12th, 2005 at 04:45 PM]

Rachel,

Tell Russ and Billy to cover this at the AFA umpires meet in Beaumont.

[rhsc]

Originally posted by mcrowder
There are hundreds of potentially unforeseen instances that could occur in a softball game that are not specifically addressed in the book. Occasionally, we'll find one where there is equal support for contradictory resolutions in the rulebook - and on THOSE, I agree, a rule needs to be written to address it.

But in most cases (like this one), the common sense answer of 90% of the umpires out there will be the same. If we rewrote the book to cover ALL of those instances, it would read like a legal document, and be twice it's current length.

Instead, use 9.01c to cover your minor holes where common sense is, in fact, common. Like this one.

Now thats the smartest reply there is. To some it sounds like a cop-out, but Mc is right.
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