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Originally Posted by Manny A
By using base running infractions as the rationale behind ruling the switching base runners out, it prohibits a similar penalty in the OP. My contention is that the outs should be ruled because the runners wantonly and intentionally placed themselves on different bases than where they were prior to the conference to give themselves an unfair advantage. THAT'S what should be punished.
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You can't do that. Outs are defined by rule. There is no rule that says this results in outs. In fact, 5.02 states that we can't get outs here.
That's why you can use the rules that actually exist--eject for USC, and place their subs on the appropriate bases.
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Last edited by Matt; Tue Mar 25, 2014 at 12:48pm.
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