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Old Tue Jun 28, 2005, 10:09am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by azbigdawg
there is not point to it...even LESS of a point of you are going to include the courtesy foul....
Agree, but it will only pass with the courtesy foul.

Many people see this as a speed-up rule. It is not. It is meant to make the players to take the bat off their shoulders and use it. The rule increases offense, thus increasing defensive action. This makes for a more exciting game.



[Edited by IRISHMAFIA on Jun 28th, 2005 at 11:17 AM]
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