To do so gives one team an advantage not intended by the rules. Now, when I went down to confer with Bob, everybody knew something was wrong. But nobody knew what. Texas does not permit protests, so even if Brownsville Coach Zuniga had known Bob was wrong to permit D.H. to pitch, there was nothing Silverio could do to rectify the mistake. If your game is played under the auspices of one of those, get the rule right if you can.
Protests are ugly.
At the game, nothing. On the ride home, everything. I don t approve of umpires who rat on other officials. After he found out what he had done, Bob was appropriately contrite. That does not mean he went to his next game with shined shoes.