Fair-Foul Question and other questions

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by btw

A little off topic, but couldn't they have kept going with 8 under the shorthanded rule?

Not then.

[btw]

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the info!

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

The most dramatic "try" to change their mind I can recall. About 165 years ago. Home Coach, who is leading, tells one of my umpires #10 for #4 as they are switching sides for them to bat.

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Not so much off topic. The shorthanded rule hasn't existed for 165 years; the prior rule (maybe 12-15 years ago is my guess without actual reasearch) made anything less than what you started with (except the legal 10 to 9 in merging DP and DEFO, now FLEX) a forfeit.

That is still the case in NCAA.

165 years? Is this some sort of a meme that I'm missing out on?

(I even checked Wikipedia to see what year softball was invented...[1887].)

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by teebob21

165 years? Is this some sort of a meme that I'm missing out on?

(I even checked Wikipedia to see what year softball was invented...[1887].)

I see it now. My bad. Fixed.

15 years ago.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by teebob21

165 years? Is this some sort of a meme that I'm missing out on?

(I even checked Wikipedia to see what year softball was invented...[1887].)

MD Longhorn edited his post, but #30 in this thread said it happened 165 years ago. I was simply following him with an attempt at humor.

Anything that old probably had me and IrishMafia on the field.

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

MD Longhorn edited his post, but #30 in this thread said it happened 165 years ago. I was simply following him with an attempt at humor.

Anything that old probably had me and IrishMafia on the field.

Let me guess: You had the broomstick, and Irish threw the boxing glove?