Mon Jan 21, 2002, 04:05pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by greymule
Papa C, you say, "When a runner leaves too soon, he is off with the pitch." Of course, he COULD be off with the pitch, and maybe everybody in the park knows he has to get back. But it's also leaving too soon if he goes back to tag at 1st and then leaves a split second before the catch, and maybe with everybody watching the center fielder, the ump is the only one who sees the infraction. Teams often neglect to appeal when the ump would have called an out. Do the rules differentiate between an obvious leaving too soon and a non-obvious one?
Should we all chip in and pay to have Kennedy, Breyer, Thomas, Scalia, Rehnquist, Souter, Ginsburg, Stevens, and O'Connor weigh in? I would predict another 5-4 ruling.
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All right. Whatever you say, Bubba!
I apologize to everyone. I didn't realize my chain was being yanked. My bad!
[Edited by Carl Childress on Jan 21st, 2002 at 03:12 PM]
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