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Old Thu Mar 19, 2015, 11:56am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
I'm confused. You're saying you don't think the rules permit us to award the runner the base she was nearer to when obstruction kills the play, but you want us to do it anyway?
I'm saying that was a long-time interpretation. I am also saying that stretching the present rule is not a good idea and maybe someone should propose a rule change to make it clearer so you don't have umpires making up their own "interpretations" to justify whatever it is they want to do
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