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Originally posted by David Emerling
ASA 5-4-E: A forfeited game shall be declared by the umpire in favor of the team not at fault in the following cases: If a team employs tactics noticeably designed to delay or to hasten the game.
What would be some examples of this?
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Hear, hear.
This rule is toothless since the circumstances are so vague that invoke it and the penalty so severe. The only way I have successfully used this rule is as the basis of a warning.
I'd like to see as clear a definition as possible of what kind of "tactics" are included in this, and what kind aren't. I have long maintained that otherwise legal tactics (e.g. taking practice swings) can violate this rule if they meet the test of being "noticeably designed do delay."
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I also believe there should be a rule that says that time can never expire until the current batter's at-bat has concluded
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I believe that is already the rule, unless time has expired during the bottom of the inning and the home team just scored to go ahead.