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David,
If I am the PU of that game, I am going by rule and any approved interp for softball that I am aware of. The offense just got screwed - that is a triple play. And I know very well what will happen when the defense comes to bat - AS DOES THE DEFENSE.
Remember the Cold War and the MAD philosophy? That's kind of what you see in the better levels of softball. My team is going to play as well as we can, as hard as we can, as long as we can and make every legitimate effort to beat your team. Should my team pull something that all players agree is cheap, we know that your team will retaliate. As players, we do not want that. So we do not pull cheap stuff. Yeah, there is the thrown elbow or other unsportsmanlike behaviour, but the umpires deal with that quickly and decisively. But for the most part, the players police themselves.
That's why I said that I tend to agree with your point - on paper.
Steve M
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