Offense opens the gate

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Yeah. Most of us just call that the time of the throw.

I just wanted to use a more encompassing terminology, as evidenced by our previous debate regarding the play in Iraq.

[ronald]

obviouslyl the offense changed the playing field and its structures. start there and see where that leads you.

there is a rule about that i believe.

until ump calls time or a dead ball, gate stays closed. opening of the gate is changing the playing field. rule appropriately. read ALT ump.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by ronald

obviouslyl the offense changed the playing field and its structures. start there and see where that leads you.

there is a rule about that i believe.

until ump calls time or a dead ball, gate stays closed. opening of the gate is changing the playing field. rule appropriately. read ALT ump.

Gets me no where. I'm relatively positive there is nothing in any rulebook addressing a team changing the structures around a playing field. About the closest to this would be intentionally erasing a line - but there's no way that applies here.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by ronald

obviously the offense changed the playing field and its structures. start there and see where that leads you.

there is a rule about that i believe.

until ump calls time or a dead ball, gate stays closed. opening of the gate is changing the playing field. rule appropriately. read ALT ump.

I understand what you're saying, but I think you may be going by a ruleset other than ASA.