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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
I could go on and on, but the point is The game is ABOUT the PARTICIPENTS and not US.
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Which is
exactly why the umpires in this area do not strictly enforce this rule. Apparently, that's the way the participants prefer it.
Although, this may be a "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" type of thing.
I don't know if the participants behave in this way
because of the umpires -or- the umpires don't enforce the rule
because of the participants. Either way, it's been going on for so long nobody cares WHY ... it just IS.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN