Submission for quote of the year, 2006

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by blu_bawls

With a runner on base and a fly ball to the outfield, do you tell the runner when she can leave on a tag-up? It's the same thing.

No, it isn't. The difference is that with a CR you should be taking out your lineup card and noting the change. If you knowingly make note of an illegal change, you are not doing your job. You now have an illegal lineup card in your pocket that you created.

Now, if the umpire screws up and unknowingly allows an illegal sub, CR, or lineup, then the coach and his team are the ones who will pay the penalty if the opponents notice, but it is still the umpire who screwed up.