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Old Tue Mar 04, 2014, 02:30pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Fed2You View Post
The base running awards table (pg 49 in NFHS book) says TOI. If he truly made 3rd by the time the balk occurred, then you got it right.
The problem is, this game was played under Babe Ruth rules. I believe Babe Ruth uses OBR, not FED, as a basis. I don't have any of my OBR interpretations handy, so I cannot answer the question of when a balk gets enforced.
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