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Originally Posted by JefferMC
Would this be a tactic "noticeably designed to delay or to hasten the game"?
5.4.E anyone?
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'extending' the game does not necessarily mean "noticeably designed to delay or to hasten the game".
By stepping on the plate (FP with the pitcher toed up) or SP (stepping on the plate and making contact with the ball) or a base runner vacating a base, all in order to get an out(s) to get to the next inning is simply that, getting to the next inning. This is 'extending' the game and not 'delaying or hastening' the game as the game is still continuing, and I would simply apply the rule for the violation and play another inning. That is the nature if the beast of a 'time limit' game.
just my 2 cents