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Old Mon Jun 11, 2007, 02:26pm
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by PABlue
So guys I have a question for you, how many years has it been since it has been legal for a batter to run to first on a missed third strike call?
Do you mean the umpire missed it?

Back in the day, of course, you could run on any third strike... only the past 70 years or so was the batter declared out on a third strike legally caught (the instant after he became a runner).
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