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Old Tue Jul 12, 2005, 02:04pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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The people that don't like that explanation are those who have been in the sport for a long time, and still believe in the 1+1 theory (the base they were going to, plus 1). The rule is simple - 2 bases from where they ARE when the ball was thrown.
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