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Baseball rules corner; confusing rulebook language fosters different interpretations.(Statistical Data Included)
STRICT AND CONSISTENT enforcement of baseball rules by the umps is about as realistic as winning the lottery. Why? Because the game is umpired by humans who individually view the game through a different prism. Does every police officer have the same standard in making an arrest on a stop sign violation? Probably not. Do school teachers and college professors all grade the same? No.
Such is true in the game of baseball where in addition to the human element, umpires are handicapped by a poorly written rulebook that is seen as a guideline by some and an absolute by others. When it comes to the lengthy language and nuances of the balk rule, the degree of ...
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