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Old Fri Jul 09, 2010, 12:09pm
bainsey bainsey is offline
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Originally Posted by Sven K View Post
One crew member and I were discussing the origin of the rule and he sumised that as a defense you have to "earn" that third out. Made good sense to me.
I always thought you earned the out when the batter earned strike three.

IMO, it's one of the worst rules in sports when a strike can be treated the same as a fairly batted ball.
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