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Old Thu Jun 22, 2006, 06:53pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
I don't think so. With a fenceless field, it would be up to the host to determine the ground rule initiating a dead ball line, or not. Both teams have to use the same boundries, perceived or otherwise.
Right, not a point about fairness between teams, just that a runner often has to stop at 2nd when they would have made 3rd if the DBT line was farther out.
This related to "... Can't penalize the offense for the defense's transgression, can you?" by the other Mike.
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