Illegal Pitcher's Glove

[ElkOil]

Forgive me if this has already been posted -- I've searched and found nothing.  I'm reading through the NFHS Case Book and saw this:

 

1.3.6 Situation F:  F1 is wearing a glove that contains a white manufacturer’s logo.  The glove has not been discovered by the umpires.  B1 bunts to the pitcher, who fields the ball and throws B1 out at first base.  The offensive coach brings the glove to attention of the umpire-in-chief and wants the penalty for an illegal glove enforced.  RULING:  Although a pitcher is not allowed to wear a glove that includes white and/or gray, the only penalty is that the glove shall be removed from play upon discovery.  There is no additional penalty (base award).

 

Why is there no penalty assessed, as there would be with any other batted ball fielded by an illegal glove?

[Jimurray]

Forgive me if this has already been posted -- I've searched and found nothing.  I'm reading through the NFHS Case Book and saw this:

 

1.3.6 Situation F:  F1 is wearing a glove that contains a white manufacturer’s logo.  The glove has not been discovered by the umpires.  B1 bunts to the pitcher, who fields the ball and throws B1 out at first base.  The offensive coach brings the glove to attention of the umpire-in-chief and wants the penalty for an illegal glove enforced.  RULING:  Although a pitcher is not allowed to wear a glove that includes white and/or gray, the only penalty is that the glove shall be removed from play upon discovery.  There is no additional penalty (base award).

 

Why is there no penalty assessed, as there would be with any other batted ball fielded by an illegal glove?

Because you don't want to be that guy.

[Richvee]

The color added no benefit to F1's ability for field the ball, where, an illegal glove due to size MAY have aided the fielder's ability to make the play. Similar to the penalty for an illegal bat, where a bat found to be cracked or dented after a batter uses it is to be removed from the game with no further penalty. 

[noumpere]

Or similar to the OBR bat rule -- if there's too much pine tar, just remove the bat; if the bat has been altered (e.g., "corked"), then there's a more severe penalty.

[catsbackr]

Remove it from play or take a black Sharpie and fix the problem permanently.

[ElkOil]

Or similar to the OBR bat rule -- if there's too much pine tar, just remove the bat; if the bat has been altered (e.g., "corked"), then there's a more severe penalty.

In that case, the penalty is different depending on whether or not the batter enters the box with the bat, correct?  My understanding is that any illegal bat -- if discovered before the batter enters the box -- shall be removed from the game with no penalty.  Otherwise, if the batter enters the box, he's out and the coach is restricted to the bench for a first offense.  I was kind of applying that same logic to an illegal glove -- that unless it is used to field a ball, it is simply removed from the game.  Otherwise, it's a three-base award.  

 

There are grayer areas in these rules than I realized...

[noumpere]

You seem to have the FED rule intertwined with the OBR rule.  The coach is never "restricted to the bench" in OBR.