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Originally posted by David Emerling
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Originally posted by cbfoulds
However, I have to disagree with your initial premise: although the sloppy umpire commiting premature foul adjudication may also be ignorant about the case ruling, you can count on it that the offensive coach in that game will not only know about it, he'll have the '05 Case Book in his back pocket.
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You're kidding, right?
The coach will have the Case Book on his person AND have recall of that particular case play?
Not in a million years!
In fact, I'll take it one step further. The probability that the coach even has a RULE book anywhere accessible is about 1 chance in 5. And that's a RULE book, not a CASE book.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN [/B]
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WEELLL...
My tongue MAY be somewhat in-cheek.... However, as a firm believer in Murphy's Law and it's manifold codicils ["Anything that can happen, will; usually all at once and at the very worst time imaginable."]: IN THAT GAME where the caught-foul "oopsie" happens [esp. if it happens in the bottom of the 7th, so that the next pitch can get crushed for the game winning home run], the SOB will, inevitably, have the case book in his hip pocket, and he'll have just read the actual play/ ruling that afternoon: count on it.
[Edited by cbfoulds on Feb 10th, 2005 at 12:47 AM]