Thread: Mercy Rule
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Old Sun Jul 20, 2008, 11:35am
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Originally Posted by Skahtboi
I think that this is where we need to use a little common sense. How fair would it be for a visiting team, who may have been behind by one run going into the sixth inning, to have a really top of the sixth where they scored enough runs to meet the need of the "runs ahead rule" and not give the home team a chance to answer? Not very fair. So yes, of course the home team gets their chance to bat in that inning.
Must no be a Texan, HUH?
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