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Originally Posted by 3afan
5 - YES! checking bats is dumb! 
I'd like to see the penalty for an IP be reduced to just a ball on the batter. More umps would actually call it then. |
Someone tried to push that through ASA a couple years ago and was shot down.
Still too many people, even in the game, believe it is the same as a balk and so the penalty should be similar though the IP has zero affect on the runners