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Old Wed Oct 06, 2010, 06:54pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by JefferMC View Post
Height goes to ordinary effort. Wouldn't you agree that a 12' pop not hit directly at a fielder will typically not qualify for ordinary effort?

Of course it's a HTBT, but...
Nope. Absolutely nothing to do with the rule and wouldn't even consider mentioning the height. That is just as ridiculous as saying a player cannot block the base without the ball when doing so has zero to do with an obstruction call.
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