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Old Sat May 24, 2003, 10:02pm
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
FED 1-4 Penalty: If loose equipment interferes with play, the umpire may call an out(s), award bases or return runners, based on his judgment and the circumstances concerning the play.
As you know Bob, I'm FED-ignorant. From the wording of that rule, it doesn't sound to me like it would apply. Loose equipment interfering with play versus a pitched, batted, or thrown ball touching equipment in live ball territory doesn't seem to me to be the same thing. Is it really?
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