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Originally posted by mcrowder
It's not our job to "find a way to penalize" anyone. I'm kind of offended by the remark, in fact.
The question is --- what do the rules support?
Let's make this a little less 3rd world. R1, R2, 1 out. High pop up to medium CF. Batter, in disgust, heads straight for the dugout and enters it before CF makes a play. CF fails to make the catch, but recovers in time to fire to 2nd base just ahead of R1, and then F4 fires to first base. What do you have?
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8-4-3 DP. Abandonment, by rule, only applies to runners who have reached first base and entering the dugout is not directly relevant on a batted ball, only on a third strike not caught.
I have no problem with the concept of penalizing the offending team, but this isn't one of those places.
Wed Nov 02, 2005, 01:45pm
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