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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
The guy was injured and you expect him to bat anyhow? What if he'd died before coming to bat?
Now can you answer your own first question?
Could a true maven have answered the question?
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"rulesmavenwannabe" was too long to register.
"Come to bat" is a weird phrase to have in the rules, and unlike most of the rules, there is usually a consequence -- for example OBR is very specific about the obligations of the line up card starting pitcher pitching to the first batter, and expressly includes language about injury, which 6.10 doesn't, which I thought made it worth a question. Usually where drafters include language in one rule but not parallel language in an analagous rule the omission is interpreted as deliberate.
But the Earl Weaver link explains things. Thanks.