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Old Mon Mar 05, 2012, 10:44am
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Originally Posted by Andy View Post
Why do we require the batter to "make an attempt" to avoid a pitched ball that is not where it is supposed to be in the first place? In essance, the offense has to make up for the defense's mistake in order to be rewarded.
Probably because of baseball players like Ernie Pantusso.
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