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Old Sat Oct 15, 2011, 08:34am
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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp View Post
It wouldn't, so long as the sandbagging can be helped some. If not, well...

As much as we don't like to admit it, we have to look to some of our competitors, and they have thriving "E" classifications. Question is: why?
Because they allow teams to determine classification

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Do you know if that's why that verbiage was removed to begin with? Seems like a reasonable explanation to me.
Probably because somewhere along the way it was determined unnecessary. I don't know of many circumstances where enforcing a rule properly would prove positive for the offender. And remember, we are not talking would've, could've, should've here and that is where I see this going.

I can see this becoming an issue every time there in INT and the defense subsequently turns a double play. Pretty soon every call will be a DDB with a manager's option. That may be good for a neighborhood whiffle ball game, but, IMO, not for the game of organized softball.
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