Just touch the plate for goodness sake

[Kevin_K]

25 minutes ago, 834k3r said:

Hmm...the letter was linked on the NY Post article, but now I don't see any mention of the AD at all. Even a web search pulls up zero results. I know I read it--it had school letter head with a red bar across the top of the page.

Where did the letter go? Wonder if the AD realized he misspoke and retracted it? 

Is it possible you are conflating it with this:

 

[834k3r]

1 minute ago, Kevin_K said:

Is it possible you are conflating it with this:

 

Yep. That's it. Sorry for conflating the issues and misstating things here. I've edited my post.

[Richvee]

42 minutes ago, Umpy said:

I think a more important distinction here is that in order for an Umpire to enforce this rule the defense has to make an appeal.  The Umpire has been explicitly asked to enforce the rule, if you want to say its unsporting, shouldn't your ire be with the defense

Unfortunately, it will be tomorrow, when this team has an away game in round 2 of the state playoff. In a town very near to where the losing team is located. (They are literally adjoining towns) I feel bad already for the nonsense they are going to have to endure from the crowd. I sure hope the home team's administrators are prepared to handle crowd sportsmanship issues. 

[834k3r]

I don't mean to revive a dead topic (I don't think it's old enough to be a zombie thread yet), but Patrick over at Umpire Classroom did a really good break down of the OP.