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So - are umps asking teenage girls to raise their shirts to see if they have belly button piercings, or others? How do they see that or prove that?
No. If the item isn't visible, we are not going to go looking for it. If a player chooses to violate the rules in this fashion, and someone else is injured because of it, the liability will be on the player and her coach.
And can we safety assume that everyone on this thread, other threads, and other forums who get high and mightly quoting the verbatim rule book all drive exactly 55 MPH to tournaments, keep accurate records to the penny when they claim "charitable" deductions on their 1040 form, and never, ever told their boss they were leaving work early for an eye doctor appointment that just happened to be next to the softball field where DD was playing?
I suppose that the day when we are posting on the "Ohio Highway Connection", or the "Ohio Taxpayer Connection", or the "Ohio Optometrist Connection" those might be valid arguments.
But, since we're on the "Ohio Fastpitch Connection" and someone posted a question about a fastpitch rule, how is it "high and mighty" to discuss that rule? And if you're discussing a rule, why shouldn't you mention what the rule book says?
Rules should be enforced. The proper way. If you're not cognizant enough to enforce it the proper way, then what confidence is there that you understand all of the rules?
But I thought discussing the "proper" way the rule book deals with this was "high and mighty".