Let’s talk baseball. I am a Dodger fan and have been for a very long time – just to set the record straight. So Manny Ramirez is up at the plate. The Dodgers are playing the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers are attempting to stay ahead of the Colorado Rockies (my husband’s favorite team) in the race to the pennant for their division. Every game at this point in the season is crucial. Ramirez strikes out and tosses the bat down in frustration and while reaching to pick it up the umpire says, “You are out of here.” Thrown out of the game. Thrown out of the game in the second inning? What is going on here? Where is the rule book?
Baseball Rule Book in Summation
Throwing the bat on a swing
Young players quite often let go of the bat during or after a swing and sometimes hit another player. There is no rule that covers this situation. It is a safety issue and may be handled under the authority of rule 9.01(c) which gives the umpire authority to rule on anything not specifically covered in the rules.
Quite often I hear that umpires call the batter out for doing this. Sometimes it is after a warning and sometimes without. This is not correct. The defense hasn't earned an out. The batter should be called out, only if the throwing of the bat interfered with an attempted play by the defense.
Where does out mean eject from the game?
Now let’s talk the U.S. Government. Since when is the rule book thrown out, especially by the Supreme Court, the highest Court in the United States. According to the Supreme Court’s own ‘rulebook’ under Part One, Rule Four, Sessions and Quorum: Open sessions of the Court are held beginning at 10 a.m. on the first Monday in October of each year, and thereafter as announced by the Court. Today is the ninth day of September, 2009, and it is a Wednesday and the Court is meeting to discuss campaign finance reform. If the highest Court in the land has thrown out their own rule book just how much confidence should ‘We the People’ have in our government as a whole?
Quite often I hear that umpires call the batter out for doing this. Sometimes it is after a warning and sometimes without. This is not correct. The defense hasn't earned an out. The batter should be called out, only if the throwing of the bat interfered with an attempted play by the defense.
Where does out mean eject from the game?
Now let’s talk the U.S. Government. Since when is the rule book thrown out, especially by the Supreme Court, the highest Court in the United States. According to the Supreme Court’s own ‘rulebook’ under Part One, Rule Four, Sessions and Quorum: Open sessions of the Court are held beginning at 10 a.m. on the first Monday in October of each year, and thereafter as announced by the Court. Today is the ninth day of September, 2009, and it is a Wednesday and the Court is meeting to discuss campaign finance reform. If the highest Court in the land has thrown out their own rule book just how much confidence should ‘We the People’ have in our government as a whole?
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