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Old Thu Mar 06, 2014, 10:45am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
IOW, the possibility of an out needs to be of a very high percentage to be ruled.
Wow. This is a first for me. I've never heard this as a criterion. I have always believed that the protected fielder has the maximum benefit of the doubt when it comes to interference.
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