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Heck why is it in Houston, TX (or is it all of Texas?) all of their traffic lights run horizontally while almost everywhere else I've been they are vertical? That's what I want to know.
I agree with Bret, I keep them separate and do as I'm expected in each sport. It really isn't something worth losing sleep over. On a side note, since you guys are having your fun with baseball, the official rules require that the umpire call "Time" to kill the ball. You guys wouldn't want an umpire to do something not by the book, now would you? 5.10 The ball becomes dead when an umpire calls “Time.” The umpire-in-chief shall call “Time”—
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You don't mean that softball guys got it right in modern terminology and baseball guys don't. Shucks, we sure are good.:
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[quote=IRISHMAFIA;609195]From the MLB Official Rules, Section 2.00 Definitions:
A DEAD BALL is a ball out of play because of a legally created temporary suspension of play. “TIME” is the announcement by an umpire of a legal interruption of play, during which the ball is deadThis seems to be the difference. In softball (speaking ASA), TIME is a voluntary suspension of play granted by the umpire and a DEAD BALL is a situation where the ball becomes dead for any particular reason other than when TIME is invoked by the umpire. In baseball, TIME is the declaration offered for both scenarios. It seems to be similar to INT versus OBS. In baseball, there is "defensive interference" and "obstruction". The DI is when a member of the defense hinders the batter from hitting the ball and OBS when a member of the defense hinders a runner. In softball, anytime the defense hinders the offense, it is OBS. |
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And even there the primary designation is the farthest advanced, secondary next farthest, tertiary least farthest. Abel is ultimate, Baker is penultimate and Charlie is antepenultimate. It is JUST LIKE R1, R2, and R3.
True, but the actual names make the play easier for me to picture. Adds some realism to have "Baker" committing interference rather than "R2." I haven't encountered the term antepenultimate since I studied Latin. ("If the penultimate syllable is a short vowel, the accent is on the antepenultimate syllable.") But of course antepenultimate means "third from the end," so I'm not sure how you apply it to Charles, who is third from the beginning in the inning. Someday I hope to have the opportunity to say, "The run counts, Coach. The antepenultimate runner scored before the penultimate runner was tagged out." The YSISF uses a combination of OBR (name) and softball (number) for offensive designations: Mohammed 1, Mohammed 2, Mohammed 3, etc. It takes a while to describe a complex "what if" situation.
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