Not only are the hands part of the bat . . .

jwwashburn · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 17, 2006, 08:07am

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Not sure how it works in your part of the world, but the TD has NOTHING to do with addressing rules in our area. If the TD was watching, his opinion and interjection into a game situation would get him a tournament without umpires.

If a team chose to follow a protest procedure, then a UIC might rule; no protest, then the game continues.

Any umpire dumb enough to say that the runner is part of the base would be dumb enough to let TD's interfere in the game.

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