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Old Thu Mar 01, 2012, 01:08pm
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Originally Posted by BretMan View Post
I'm sure this is what you meant...

(Not trying to be the grammar police! It's just that the lack of those two words in red completely changes the meaning of what you're saying and could be confusing to a reader- it confused me!)
Not if you read the parenthetical as describing the immediately preceding noun (the batters box) and not, as you did, the entire phrase.
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