I am confused.
I am not saying any results should be overturned, but I think there is merit in a coach (respectfully of course) indicating to a PU that a verbal call should have been made. It really should be part of the rules/mechanics whatever you like to call it. not having it in their is just a CYA thing for when it is not verbalized.
and having volume enough to reach OF has nothing to do with base coaches, they are not responsible for OF, they are responsible for coaching the offense.
Geez, are you reading clearly what I wrote? I never said anything about base coaches being responsible for the outfield! I said when I make the IFF verbal call, I make it loud enough that it can even be heard by the outfielders.
Look, it’s not a CYA thing. Umpires didn’t write the rules. The rulesmakers felt that both teams are responsible to know when an IFF call should have been made. Sorry that you don’t agree with that, but that’s the way it is. I’m not thrilled when a colleague fails to call it either.
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