Umpire Error

Originally Posted by Steve M

As to you saying "most slow pitch umps dont even know there is a rule book let alone can cite rule 5 section 6 subletter E part ii (just saying the softball rulebook is overly complex)." You've got several folks here who umpire a lot of slow pitch and I suspect they take great exception to that.

I'm one of them, with 16 years on the field total. Matter of fact, the past 10 years, I've had two rulebooks to work from, the USSSA and ASA books. (Even worse, this past week I had to cram the SPA book into my mind!)