Procedural Question

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by tcblue13

...But, there are specific penalties in Fed ball for wiping out lines. It is a clearly defined violation of the rules to do so. I would NEVER encourage a player to break the rules of the game. It's just not a good practice even if the lines are drawn incorrectly. As a matter of fact, I can guage the correct position of the line by the placement of misdrawn line.

IMO, you are picking and choosing which rule you will allow to be violated here. The rules specify the size and placement of the batter's box lines (and other lines) on the field. The rules also specify that the umpire is to see that incorrectly drawn lines be corrected. If it is not feasible to have correct lines drawn, then instructing that the incorrectly drawn lines be "erased" is a means of correcting the error, not instructing the players to violate the rules. If you want to get completely anal about this, the rule prohibits team personnel from intentionally removing any lines of the batter’s box, but the incorrectly drawn lines are not a legal batter's box as confirmed by the umpire, so where is the violation?