Re: New "rule" is a joke...
i dont neccessarily think te team was trying to cheat just thru a wrong one in.. but yes we noticed it threw a pitch (which was hit), told the ump and they broke down the new rule to us saying : it is the defenses responsibilty to check every ball thrown in the game, if you pitch it it is the defenses fault for not noticing before hand, then on top of that the player that hit the ball is givin the option of takin the result of the play or replaying it. it ended up a double so he just took the result.. wasnt a hige deal and like i said it wasnt itentional on the other teams part, but the fact that there is not only no penalty but that they reward the team w the illegal ball even a bigger advantage after the result of the play was crazy. But that was a game with 4 umpires and tey all agreed that that was the new rule put in place. Think it needs t be changed or u can just try throwing in whatever type of ball throughout the game without any penalty whatsoever.. and if the defense doesnt catch it til later good for you lol
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