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Originally Posted by bkbjones
Why not? She earned her way on base because she is the person preceding the batter leading off the inning.
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Because it quite clearly says "MUST BAT AND" ... earn her way on base. MUST BAT is pretty plain, and so is the "AND" part... and there is no reason for this sentence to be in the book unless they are specifically excluding other ways of getting on base (such as ITB) without having batted.
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