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Old Thu Apr 19, 2007, 03:25pm
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Many leagues, including all the ones in my area, have further defined unsportsmanslike conduct to include any profanity loud enough to be heard by spectators...The automatic penalty is an out on the next batter in the teams' lineup and is, if necessary, carried over to the next inning.. Ejection is dependent on the actual language and is usually invoked when the language can be construed as threatening.
We have a similar rule for ASA leagues / teams in MN, called the casual profanity rule. It works well for JO play. I have no idea how well it works for AA slowpitch.
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