Why do some make it such a BIG deal?

[BretMan]

Yeah, it's a rule and we are expected to enforce it.

But how many of us here would enforce it by making a big scene, stopping the game in the middle of an at-bat and screaming a threat of ejection across the field?

I'll give the guy credit for enforcing the rule. I think that his method of enforcing it stinks. And his later explanation stinks even more. Why go to the trouble of explaining this rule, then state that you're going to ignore another rule in the process?