catching equipment

[Robmoz]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

...In ASA, the requirement is universal, anywhere an umpire can see inside the complex. In NFHS, they can only legally warm up in the defined warm-up area which must be adjacent to the field and within the view of the umpires (FOR A REASON!!).

Where is this written in ASA or Fed?

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Robmoz

Where is this written in ASA or Fed?

NFHS 2-15, "Confines of the field".

When and where do you think you start and stop being an umpire? If that player looks up at you and shoots you the bird, and mouths "you suck", is she in your jurisdiction to eject?

What does the rule book say is the penalty any time a player or coach doesn't conform to what an umpire directs? Why do you need a separate or specific penalty if she refuses this directive?