data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.105155 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Dale Stephenson)
Subject: Re: Ron Gant, Stalling, and Hirschbeck.
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Sherri Nichols) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Dale Stephenson) writes:
>>But in the past, a disputed strike call has been enough reason to step
>>out of the batters box. It may not be a good idea. It may even irritate the
>>umpire. But I've seen it a lot, and I've seen it tolerated. Just not this
>>time.
>The key words here are "in the past". Everybody was warned before the
>season began that the umpires had been instructed to enforce the rule in
>the interest of speeding up the game.
When I see this happening to other players, I'll post a public apology to
Mr. Hirschbeck. Until then, I think this was a case of "selective
enforcement."
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