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Old Sat Mar 15, 2003, 07:33pm
bluezebra bluezebra is offline
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Originally posted by Art N
Silly question (from a non-softball umpire)... Don't you think that maybe the rules regarding a runner touching all the on a homerun should be changed? The ball (like Elvis) has left the building,er park, right? Why do we have this rule to begin with? I know it's in baseball too and has been around since Fred Flintstone was playing. I'll stand back now and listen to the logic and fury.
Actually, in FED, that's not true. When I started umping FED baseball in 1973, a player did not have to touch the bases on an awarded hit. I forget when they changed the rule.

Bob
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