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Old Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:14am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by rwest View Post
Why would a defensive player want to intentionally contact a foul ball that might go fair other than to prevent a run from scoring or to prevent the batter-runner from obtaining first base. Isn't that one reason why the obstruction rule exists?
Wow, and I thought ASA's logic was suspect...
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