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Old Wed Oct 01, 2008, 01:45pm
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
If I understand the thinking correctly, There shouldn't be a cheap double play because the runner going to first should have time to get there. On a line drive the play may be different but things are happening fast and the runner is likely to break back towards first.
In the two instances where I've invoked this rule, both infielders had an easy shot at making the double play. And I mean easy.
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