Pregame duties question

[Daryl H. Long]

I read about this in a local paper. Just a few small sentences embedded in the game write-up but to me as an umpire very important.

Before a recent OHSAA Tournament game the paper quoted a coach as saying that upon arrival to the field both umpires came directly to him and stated that his pitcher's delivery motion they witnessed while she was warming up was illegal.

The coach was very classy and worked with his pitcher to comply to the umpires reqirements but it was obvious it put undue pressure on the pitcher and team in addition to the pregame jitters of a tournament game.

Your thoughts about the umpires decision to do what they did?