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Interestingly enough, the FED rule book says you can start the game when infielders, pitcher and catcher are in position. I missed this question once, obviously a trick and clearly conflicts with rule about starting with 9 players unless one assumes that 3 of them are on the bench.
I expect the FED rule book evolved from the OBR rule book since I expect they were playing pro ball before high schools took up the sport or before high schools were considered high schools. But there are many differences in the rule sets just like there are differences in language and dialects.
Suffice it to finalize by saying I have never been looking at F9 when I am set for a pitch behind the plate, or when I am BU so this is surely a third world play situation. I think I sense an OOO who would even entertain a balk in this situation.
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