Thanks for the clarification. He can’t block the plate unless he has the ball.
The replay rule hasn’t been the disruption I feared. It was used a lot in the first 2 weeks as managers tested the boundaries but seems to have fallen off a lot.
They should be able to cut the time down more. I don’t like the umps having to get these WWII looking phones and radio equipment. Have the home plate ump with an earpiece so someone can tell him from NY that he is consistently blowing the outside corner calls or whatever. No one has to know, he doesn’t get shown up, and he can actually make an adjustment.
Freegards