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Originally Posted by ontheway
slightly off topic here.......If the IFF rule is to protect the offense from a cheap double play how come its not in effect when there is less then two outs with single runner on 1st base?
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Because the odds of getting a double play in that case would be if the BR fails to or delays his/her advancement to 1B. The runners need to stay on or near the base or be subject to being doubled off. That possibility does not exist with the BR.
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