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Old Thu May 05, 2011, 08:13am
JEL JEL is offline
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
And here is where I run into an issue with those who insist dirt is a foreign substance. While I would stick with the rotation, I would allow the pitcher to rub down the ball with dirt. IMO, this is the preferred method of rubbing down the ball as opposed to scuffing it up by rubbing it into the ground or grinding it into the ground with one's foot.
Via our Georgia clinics this year, Kevin Ryan has decreed that dirt is NOT a foriegn substance! General thought around here was that if a pitcher "went to the dirt" yet failed to wipe that should be called IP. Don't know if that ruling is in print anywhere, but it was delivered by our state UIC.

I have always allowed the pitcher or catcher to rub up a new ball if they ask. I then inspect it, and we play!
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