Moving the bat

[charliej47]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

Now what about the catchers helmet which is generally laying somewhere in the general vacinity also? You going to move it too?

There have been times when I have kicked the helmet out of the way.

[RKBUmp]

Originally Posted by charliej47

There have been times when I have kicked the helmet out of the way.

I have to, but not on purpose. Was watching a play and didn't see the helmet and kicked it.

I did not hear the story directly from the umpire it happened to so cannot verify its truth, but I was told we did have parents locally that filed a claim against an umpire for a damaged bat. The umpire tossed the bat out of the way and it hit the chain link fence. Parents said it had broken the bat and filed a claim for damages.