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Old Mon Aug 06, 2012, 02:17pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
There is every indication that the rules as written intend to prevent the offense from intentionally preventing a double play.
Trust me, I agree with you. That is why I brought up using the two rules in the first place when rwest said you can't have a DP under ASA.

I just have a hard time justifying to myself that if I can't use one or the other to rule a DP whenever any offensive team member blatantly prevents a fielder from catching a foul ball, I can just combine the two of them. And even then, that really only covers a base coach.
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