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Old Wed Mar 18, 2009, 02:43pm
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Originally Posted by Skahtboi View Post
Not having my rule book with me, and not calling SP, I guess I am mistaken then. I thought that ASA adopted a rule this year where essentially a batter starts out with the 1-1 count in SP.
I think they were making the point that this differs from 3 balls = BOB and 2 strikes =SO.

It is still 3 strikes (catch the ball) and yer out, like the song (almost) says.

To me, the difference seems to be editorial only (don't need to adjust all the batter and batter-runner rules), rather than "real" in how the game is played.
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