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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
What is the (Slow Pitch) right next to the exception then under D?
As for the ball being dead, the last case book I have access to is from 2007 and in every instance in the case book for fast pitch when a player enters the team area it indicates the ball remains live. Have they changed the rule in the book since 2007?
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It is to allow for HRs where the batter-runner is not required to run the bases, but simply go to the dugout.
The rule itself is a bad rule. And we've had this discussion before where it could deprive the defense of effecting additional outs on the play.
And, again, there was a proposal a few years back to keep the ball live that was summarily dismissed by the committees.
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Last edited by IRISHMAFIA; Sat May 31, 2014 at 07:13pm.
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