Fri Apr 08, 2005, 02:10pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by David Emerling
Quote:
Originally posted by mj
Daid, if you don't want to let them get another bat, fine. If it's not in the rule book, shouldn't it be left up to you whether or not it's unnecessarily delaying the game. You think it does, others don't think so.
It's just a difference of opinion, nothing else.
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I absolutely agree.
And I haven't formed a firm opinion on this.
I've never had a player do this before - but I've seen it happen in games in which I was not involved.
I'm just placing myself in the position and wondering what I'd do.
When a batter requests time, I will almost always grant it - even though I may not immediately know why he needs it.
Then ... if the batter started wandering off toward the dugout - I'm thinking I'd ask, "What's going on? Where are you going?"
I can't imagine allowing a batter to absent themselves from the flow of the game without explanation.
If his "explanation" was - "I'm getting a different bat."
"Why? Is that bat cracked?"
"No. I just want a different bat."
I guess I might allow it ... but it would probably be the LAST time that game. After that ... too bad.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
[Edited by David Emerling on Apr 8th, 2005 at 03:00 PM]
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I wouldn't ask. I would grant time, watch him gt another bat, wait until he was in the box, and make sure he was ready. Then, "Play."
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