catching equipment

[Robmoz]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

Well..let me put it this way. After the catcher warming up the pitcher while not wearing a mask gets taken away to the hospital because she took a pitch in the face.. when you get called to a deposition for the lawsuit the parents file against the school, coach, league, umpire, and ball manufacturer and they ask you if you noticed the catcher taking pitches without equipment required by rule what are you going to say?

Obviously we are not focused that much on what happens off the field but if you see this happen, stop the game and require that the catcher wear the required equipment. Only takes a moment.

I get the point and will certainly take the moment IF i see it... but if I don't notice it, I certainly don't go looking for it either, behind the dugout, near the parking lot, or next to the porta-potee. In spite of what a previous poster says, that is not being underofficious (sp).