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Old Tue Apr 12, 2011, 08:41am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) View Post
The "Note" is absolutely relevant - because the advance did not occur "...while the improper batter was a t bat...", it does not stand.
The discussion is trending against my position, so I'm not going to put up a fight. But THIS can't be the reason: from "if A then B" it does NOT follow that "if not A then not B." Surely the Jesuits taught you that.

So your ruling might be correct, but it is not entailed by your reasoning.
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