We had a situation last Saturday on the field about when a pitcher becomes a legalized substitute. Here is the scenario; the coach goes to the field and...
Roger, The wording in the rule reference you cite would seem to imply that a replacement pitcher is not legalized until he throws at least one warm-up pitch....
John, thanks for your quick response. I just want to make clear that the issue is not with whether the pitcher is eligible or not, however it is if he becomes...
Understood. That's why I'm thinking that the IC in Reg VI only pertains to ineligible pitchers, and not your situation. But I'd like confirmation by those...
I certainly won't say I'm more knowledgeable, but if I was confronted by the situation as the umpire, I would probably say that I (as umpire) called the game...
In the absence of an announcement the player is considered in the game once he participates. In this case since an announcement was made, the manager informed...
... When the game UIC has been notified of a change that substitution has officially been completed (use of past tense intended). To help make this crystal...
Not to pick nits, Andy, but I only agree with your answer to a point. Taking your words at face value a manager could tell you at the plate meeting that he...
This is actually one of my significant irritations (and maybe why I stay away from the 60' diamond).... expanding the zone just to get or keep the game...
... I do not accept ANY "projected" action of ANY kind.... for ANY reason.... at ANY time. All they will do is get an umpire into trouble. So just like an...
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I think we've strayed from what, for me at least, is the meat of the original issue posted by Roger. That being... is the manager barred from returing the...
How about this tact. Rule 3.08 on unannounced substitutions. A new pitcher is considered as in the game when he toes the rubber and throws a warm up ...
Thanks, Doug... but this is an announced substitution, putting in a replacement pitcher legally eligible to do so. 3.08(a)(1) speaks specifically to...
WELL John..... Don't read me wrong on this...... I KNOW this is NOT an application of 3.08. you asked where I was going to draw the line and I simply was...
I am thinking along the lines of once he announces the change he has announced for sure that his original pitcher is out. He has told me he is for sure making...
DOG, I am going to go against you here, and maybe swim up hill. The manager announced he was removing the pitcher. So in my mind that kid is done. Now it's his...
... Who is responsible for the substitutions made by a team? ... Seems to me it is the manager who is responsible. He tells the UIC of the substitution and...
Hey Scott.... Your game vs my game.... I just don't think being unreasonable is the answer to a good ballgame. We agree to disagree.... no argument from...
Okay now that this has gone on for some time in great debates. I would like to remind all to keep the spirit of the rules and game in mind at all time when...
Doug, in that case I would let him stay. If the manager announces a pitching change based on erroneous info from the official score keeper. This is a confusion...
That's fine Mark ... and when the kids start announcing subs ... I will start giving those kids some leeway to get it right. However, my plumber (a coach) had...
Good argument, DOG. Applying similar logic to this situation as another slightly different rule or reg is sometimes all you can do. My goal was to hear...
... I for one do not understand your drift. Maybe you can clarify. Do you believe that rules are to be ignored if some child suffers if the rules are enforced?...
I have a manager asking me where the rule is that states coaches may not field throws from players while another Coach is hitting infield/outfield. I told him...
There's nothing that covers that in the rules - only about coaches and/or managers catching for pitchers. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From:...
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