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Old Sun Apr 20, 2008, 08:48pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Personally I do not think an umpire should put a time limit on how long a player has to leave the ballpark. What if he has to find a pair of misplaced sunglasses? What if he's got a lot of equipment out and has to gather it all together and put it in his bag? I do think this umpire was asking for trouble by counting down from a minute to forfeit the game.
The player can come back and get his stuff after the game is over.

I'd only put a "time limit" on the player if he was refusing to leave (not clear from your post).
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