Wednesday, July 20, 2016

AER Rule Submission 10: Pittsburgh (1; 2.00)

Pittsburgh submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 2.00(No Doubt) to the Announcers' Ejection Rules. The rule was submitted in response to a call of "Foul" by HP Umpire Sam Holbrook (34). At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, the contest was tied 0-0.

2.00 NO DOUBT - A phrase used to instruct the listener that whatever follows is blatantly false.

Pittsburgh now has 4 points in the AER standings (0 Previous + 2 New Rule + 2 Submission Passed = 4). Pittsburgh moves from T-10th to T-3rd.

This is the 10th rules submission of 2016.
This is the 10th successful rules submission.
This is the 9th rules submission made by a team.
This is the 9th successful rules submission made by a team.
This is Pittsburgh's first rules submission.
This is Pittsburgh's first successful rules submission.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

AER Rule Submission 9: Toronto (1; 2.00)

Toronto submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 2.00(Inadvertently) to the Announcers' Ejection Rules. The rule was submitted in response to a call of "Contact" by HP Umpire Vic Carapazza (19). At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, the contest was tied 0-0. Cleveland ultimately won the contest 2-1.

2.00 INADVERTENTLY - Intentionally.

Toronto now has 4 points in the AER standings (0 Previous + 2 New Rule + 2 Submission Passed = 4). Toronto moves from T-9th to T-3rd.

This is the 9h rules submission of 2016.
This is the 9th successful rules submission.
This is the 8th rules submission made by a team.
This is the 8th successful rules submission made by a team.
This is Toronto's 2nd rules submission.
This is Toronto's 2nd successful rules submission.