CR reported but not in game

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I am going to go out on a limb further. If the umpires should never had let this happen, which some are stating, than why even have a section in the rule books, talking about illegal substitutions and the penalties? If we always use preventative umpiring and never let these types of things happen, there should never be a ruling on illegal substitutions. Sometimes on this board it surfaces on what can be construed as umpires coaching the players instead of just umpiring. Some preventative umpiring is OK, but I don't believe we are there to babysit the teams and tell them what they can and cannot do. Dave