ASA ball on batter

[EsqUmp]

I am certainly not calling a ball and a crap throw back to the pitcher.

But it does raise an interesting issue that spreads throughout these threads like cancer. It's the case of, "You don't know what the intent was so just call the play according to the book. Who are you to ignore a rule or apply it however you want? Oh, but by the way, I can do that because it's me and not you, so ha."

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by EsqUmp

"You don't know what the intent was so just call the play according to the book.

This is why clinics exist - to allow the national organizations disseminate information uniformly. It also helps people here that we have more than one person who are in those rooms when these things are discussed - we get it first hand.