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Old Tue Apr 19, 2016, 03:20pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Crabby_Bob View Post
Rule book supercedes the casebook, no?
Unless it is giving interpretation/direction of how to apply the rule.

Personally, I believe this to be a completely useless rule left over from 20th century baseball. Licking one's fingers and touching the ball has zero effect to the ball or pitch.
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