AER Rule Submission 8: Toronto (8; 3.09)

Toronto submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 3.09. The rule was submitted in response to a call of "Ejection" by HP Umpire Roberto "from Puerto Rico" Ortiz (Puerto Rico) who is from Puerto Rico. At the time of the egregious error in Puerto Rican umpire conduct, Toronto was leading 3-0. Toronto ultimately won the contest 8-7.

Here is John Gibbons pointing to his first name.

3.09) Players who have not thrown a helmet on the field shall not be ejected.

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

This is Toronto's 3rd rules submission.

Video: Classy Toronto fans demonstrate proper behavior by throwing everything except helmets on the field

Puerto Rico

AER Rule Submission 7: Milwaukee (7; 2.00)

Players relaxing down in the dugout

Milwaukee submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 2.00 (Down in the Dugout). The rule was submitted in response to a call of "Ejection" by HP Umpire Tom Hallion (20). At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, San Francisco was leading Milwaukee 2-1. Milwaukee ultimately won the contest 6-3.

2.00 DOWN IN THE DUGOUT - On the field.

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

This is Milwaukee's 1st rules submission.

Video: The link to the video is located down at the bottom of this post

AER Rule Submission 1-6: Washington (1-6; 3.08, 5.02, 5.02(a), 5.02(b), 5.02(comment A))

Washington submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rules 3.08 and 5.02(b), and the modification of Rules 5.02, 5.02(a) [split from 5.02], and 5.02(comment A) [previously 5.02(a)]. The rules were submitted in response to a call of "Ejection" by HP Umpire Greg Gibson (53). At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, Atlanta was leading Washington 7-3. Atlanta ultimately won the contest 8-3.

3.08) The following personnel are not subject to ejection under any circumstance

(a) exciting kids
(b) anyone that someone in the crowd may have paid to see

Pictured: Baseball being played by baseball players that fans
of the game of baseball paid to see occur.

Baseball.

COMMENT A. Rule 3.08(b) shall be in no way interpreted to extend to umpires.

5.02) The umpire shall conduct a poll of the crowd before making any decision, but especially in these cases
(a) If the decision could result in an ejection, the umpire shall first conduct a poll to discover whether or not anybody in the ballpark knew that anything happened. If someone did know that something had happened, the umpire shall then poll the crowd to determine whether or not the ejection should occur.
(b) Prior to the game, the umpire shall determine which player the crowd has paid to see. They should then conduct themselves with this in mind.

COMMENT A. If Janet is in the crowd, hers is the sole vote which shall be counted.

COMMENT B. Rule 5.02(b) should in no way be interpreted as "which player the crowd has paid to see [play the game of baseball]", as such an interpretation would require the acknowledgement that baseball has rules governing personnel conduct and that umpires are an integral part of the game of baseball and are unlikely to not be or become involved.

Washington now has 17 points in the AER standings (0 previous + 2*(2 New Rule) + 3*(1 Modified Rule) + 2*(5 Rule Passed) = 17). Washington moves from T-2nd to 1st.

These are the 1st-6th rules submissions of 2018.
These are the 1st-6th successful rules submissions.
These are the 1st-6th rules submissions made by a team.
These are the 1st-6th successful rules submissions made by a team.
These are Washington's 3rd-8th rules submissions.
These are Washington's 3rd-8th rules successful rules submissions.

Video: You didn't pay to see it, so it might as well not happen

AER Mid-Season Award 1: Houston (1)

In a game against Tampa Bay, Houston watched a player clearly say something and decided that they didn't say anything. For this, Houston has been awarded the AERC's La La La La La La La La La La La La La I Can't Hear You Award for Rejecting Reality and Substituting Their Own and receives 5 points.

Nothing to see here.

Houston now has 5 points in the AER standings (0 Previous + 5 Award = 5). Houston moves from T-1st to 1st.

This is the 1st Mid-Season award of the 2018 MLB regular season.
This is the 2nd time the LLLLLLLLLLLLLICHY has been awarded.
The previous LLLLLLLLLLLLLICHY holder was Washington in 2016.
This is Houston's 1st AER award of 2018.
This is Houston's first AER award.

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