Is it my duty as a fellow umpire?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

Out of curiosity, I searched the baseball rulebooks I have access pdf to and surprise, surprise the word "alive" was not mentioned once.

Then you are not looking at MLB. You can find it at www.mlb.com

Or NCAA where it is used three times in the one paragraph used to define "live ball".

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Then you are not looking at MLB. You can find it at www.mlb.com

Or NCAA where it is used three times in the one paragraph used to define "live ball".

OK, I'l admit it, I only actually searched the NFHS 2008 Baseball Rules pdf.

I started with MLB.com, but realized I'd have to do it rule by rule and that seemed like too much effort just to join in a pissing contest!

Sat AM an not much to do, I read your post and figured I'd look.
Figured 5.xx would be a good place to start and sure enough there it is (multiple times).

But gee, I noticed that many times they also refer to the ball as "DEAD"

And to continue.......
If baseball guys are allowed to make a huge ceremony when a "Dead ball" is announced (complete with pall bearers, etc) can we have a naming ceremony and pass out cigars when it is announced that the ball is now "alive" - and better yet, do we snip off some of the thread if the umpire is Jewish????

[Az.Ump]

Ooch!!!

Paul