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Originally Posted by mattmets
IIRC, it was because their insurance company was pissed there were so many back/neck injuries because of it. Although I would think later on they will have quite a few knee claims from the box.
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Given the long history of the "box" and stances similar, and the fact that more MLB umpires have employed that stance than the scissors, if it caused near as many problems as the scissors, you'd have heard about it before now.