Submission for quote of the year, 2006

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

OK, when you take the line-up from the coach do you say - this is official? All I can go by is the line up they give me at the plate meeting. If a coach comes up and has a starter that is out of the game and wants to put her in a differents spot in the order - would you allow that? What if they insist? It's called preventative umpiring. I do that from time to time. If I see a pitcher doing something illegal during warmups, I might tell the catcher to go tell her to correct it before I have to. If a player comes to bat and I see an illegal bat in her hands, I'll send her to get another one. If a coach wants to make an illegal substitution, I'm going to say, "Coach, you can't do that."

Maybe I'm alone in this, but that's what I do.

Ive seen mens FP pitchers warm up by pitching from 2nd base..

Many .. maybe most pitchers pitch illegally during warm ups. They are just warming up. I dont believe you can judge a pitcher by warmups.