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Old Wed Jan 05, 2011, 05:05am
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I'm bilingual. I'm good with calling it either.
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Old Wed Jan 05, 2011, 05:08am
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So you speak both basketball & beisbol?

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I'm bilingual. I'm good with calling it either.
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Old Wed Jan 05, 2011, 07:19pm
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So you speak both basketball & beisbol?
I do speak BaseKetBall!
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Old Wed Jan 05, 2011, 09:55pm
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Unfortunately, you were taught wrong. Baseball fields have foul lines and runners can establish their base path but there are no baselines in baseball.
Which is just as stupid since they're actually "fairlines."
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Old Fri Jan 07, 2011, 11:46am
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I recently looked up both of these in NCAA, NBA, and FIBA rulebooks online.

The NBA rules uses both "baseline" and "endline." I could only find "endline" in NCAA and FIBA rules. Of course, NFHS just uses "endline."
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Old Fri Jan 07, 2011, 11:50am
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of course, nfhs just uses "endline."
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Old Fri Jan 07, 2011, 12:09pm
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Old Fri Jan 07, 2011, 12:19pm
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