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Unfortunate Ruling by Official Book
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Guest drturtle
Good morning!
Not really an umpire question, but this happened in my game last night and wanting to know what should happen.
Going into the last inning, one coach in 11-12 little league put in a pitcher who had pitched 77 pitches Tuesday night (48 hours prior) to close the game. Score was 5-4 their lead. The other coach questioned the official paid book if that pitcher could pitch, and he was told that he couldn't because there had to be 72 hours rest in between pitch outings after 50 pitches are thrown. The other coach was called over, he was informed of the situation, where he apologized and stated that he thought that the rule was 36 or 48 hours rest (he wasn't sure which one, just thought that any pitcher that pitched on Tuesday night was eligible to pitch on Thursday night). So he put his other pitcher back in and ended up losing 6-5.
When I got home I looked up the local rules for that league and the coach who put the pitcher in the game was actually right! Rule states there must be 36 hours rest. So the official book was wrong, and it appears it is going to cost the correct coach first place in the league and the opportunity to coach the All-Star team.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
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bam
This from the same guy who advocates a strict strike zone interpretation for 9 year old players.
sdix00
It is not the score book's job to enforce a pitching rule. Depending on the league, it may be a shared responsibility to protect kids arms, so a scorekeeper might alert the umpire if a pitcher wa
Stan W.
Tough situation this one........but there is a saying that "local rules are made by local fools"........because its usually not a good idea to make a local rule in direct conflict with a league sancti
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