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If the batter is HPB and awarded 1B, then she is no longer the batter, is she?
I have never seen an injured player go to the bench. It has always been that the bench comes to her. The coaches are usually halfway to her before the umpire can raise their hands to kill the play.
There is no doubt that a little preventive umpiring would take care of this situation, but the umpire better do it right. 'Cause if the CR goes to 1B as the BR goes directly to the dugout and the opposition appeals the BR not advancing to 1B, that umpire is either going to have to rule the BR-R out or have a substitution in hand for the player too injured to participate in the game.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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Tue Sep 30, 2003, 12:16pm
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