Umpiring theory

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally posted by Dakota

"coaches may not use language that will reflect negatively..."

And you have a problem with the casual profanity rule? At least I have a pretty good idea what profanity IS. What is "negative language"?

Why, BTW, is this rule specific about application to base[/u] coaches?

Yes. I believe this was one of the rules referred to in the elimination of 10.9 (Violations and Penalties). Personally, I would like to see 10.9 returned to the book.

But you are overreading. I simply responded to the posts that stated this wasn't an umpire issue. I didn't say I was fond of the rule, but I believe it is much easier to define a negative comment as it is to determine what someone may or may not believe to be profanity.