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Old Fri Jul 25, 2014, 12:09pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by tcannizzo View Post
Another valid situation is when the grounds crew is called to fix a field.
True if the situation is such that there's going to be a significant delay in the game. But I've seen ground crews come on and off the field pretty quickly during conferences and between innings to fix something relatively minor. No need to stop the clock then.
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