OBR Mound Visit Rule. Oh, joy.

[ElkOil]

The new OBR mound visit rule states:

5.10(m)

(1) Mound visits without a pitching change shall be limited to six per team, per nine innings. For any extra-innings played, each team shall be entitled to one additional nonpitching change mound visit per inning.

(2) For purposes of this Rule 5.10(m), a manager or coach trip to the mound to meet with the pitcher shall constitute a visit. A player leaving his position to confer with the pitcher, including a pitcher leaving the mound to confer with another player, shall also constitute a visit, regardless of where the visit occurs or the length of the visit.

I can't wait for my first men's league game. Let the confusion and crabbing begin.

[Richvee]

The men's league I do plays 7 innings. Wonder how they are going to want to use this rule? 

[ElkOil]

32 minutes ago, Richvee said:

The men's league I do plays 7 innings. Wonder how they are going to want to use this rule? 

Good question. I've reviewed the MSBL rules they use here, and they've remain unchanged for years. So unless they adopt some other rule, they've got to live with it (the intentional walk rule is a good example of an OBR rule change that has a distinctly different MSBL rule). Typically, very few of the players -- and unfortunately, umpires -- know any of the rules changes. Most of the time it's not an issue, but when there's a change like this to something that occurs every game, it's gonna be an issue.

As it stands, some of the rules the local MSBL chapter has adopted a long time ago are STILL problematic -- like the five warm-up pitch limit to all pitchers.

[Richvee]

Looks like something that may have to be addressed at the plate meeting of my first game.