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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 08:05am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
It's just a policy Tim. What better alternative would you suggest?
Several better choices (imo) than taking runs off the board:

1) No penalty

2) Don't use the CR

3) If the previous F2 doesn't come back out and catch, the CR becomes a "regular sub" retroactively. (Note that this leads to the previous F2 catching for one pitch, then the substitution).

Stop thinking of it as a speed up rule and think of it as a participation rule (similar in that regard to the DH or EH rules).
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