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Old Mon Jul 11, 2011, 10:21am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
Yeah, I thought that was a little goofy. Inspecting the hand can tell you only THAT the ball hit the hand, not WHEN (specifically, not whether it hit bat then hand or hand then bat).
It hit the hand first (according to some pro umpire trainer whose name escapes me).

It's this play's version of "the tie goes to the runner."
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