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Originally Posted by Paul L
Your listeners might enjoy knowing that the purpose of D3K rule, like the infield fly rule, is to protect the offense from the defense getting easy double plays by accidentally on-purpose failing to catch a pitched or batted ball.
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Sounds like I need a casebook. I'm racking my brain while at work (hard to think about two things at once, I know) but how can the defense get an easy DP if that rule wasn't in place?
The light will probably go on during the drive home, but right now I'm drawing a blank.