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Old Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:07am
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Originally Posted by chapmaja View Post
If Team A is up 1 run, and team B has the runner on third, would it not benefit Team A to stall, by continually playing this game of chicken. Three or four pitches of 10 seconds each "chicken" and now were could be running into a time issue. Team B's runner is not obligated to go back and is likely off the base in an attempt to draw a throw and possibly come home to score the tying run.
Totally different circumstances, and an easy fix.
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