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Fri May 22, 2015, 01:28pm
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My guess is that the rulesmakers initially required nine players to start and finish a game, but as games went by and teams faced situations where one player became injured, rather than forfeiting the game outright, they created the shorthand rule to allow the game to continue with the lesser penalty of an out recorded each time the empty batting slot came up. For college play, there is no slack given; once a college team loses its ninth player, game over.
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Tue Jun 02, 2015, 12:26am
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I think the intent of the rule is that they can control how many they have to start, but may not be able to control how many they have after starting due to, as Manny suggests, injury. Not foolproof logic because they SHOULD be prepared for the possibility, but small schools play Fed. NCAA -- 12 scholarships, should be able to field a full team at all times.
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