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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
Absolutely ... but not for the reason you stated. "travesty of the game" appears exactly once in the rulebook and it applies to a VERY specific situation - one I've never seen or heard of during my lifetime. Yet those 4 words get trotted out every time an umpire (usually a Smitty) doesn't like the completely legal yet unorthodox tactics someone is using.
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They should add another reference to "travesty of the game." When a Smitty makes up a fake rule and thereby is making a travesty of the game with his umpiring.