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The "Grounds Rule Double"
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Will in New Haven
Apr 18, 2012, 9:56:12 PM4/18/12
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I know it isn't a grounds rule but a universal rule in MLB but I think
there are some things seriously wrong with the way these doubles are
handled.
If a runner from first goes on the pitch and is nearly at second when
the ball bounces, he is never allowed to score, even though he could
get home in a wheelchair. I think the Umpires ought to be allowed to
rule that he can score in this situation.
Also, why do they rubberize the warning track in so many Major League
parks. This leads to more of these automatic Doubles, which are not
very exciting, and to many fewer plays with an outfielder scrambling
to retrieve the ball and make a throw and a runner or runners
speeding, or trying to speed, around the bases, which is _very_
exciting.
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Will in New Haven
there are some things seriously wrong with the way these doubles are
handled.
If a runner from first goes on the pitch and is nearly at second when
the ball bounces, he is never allowed to score, even though he could
get home in a wheelchair. I think the Umpires ought to be allowed to
rule that he can score in this situation.
Also, why do they rubberize the warning track in so many Major League
parks. This leads to more of these automatic Doubles, which are not
very exciting, and to many fewer plays with an outfielder scrambling
to retrieve the ball and make a throw and a runner or runners
speeding, or trying to speed, around the bases, which is _very_
exciting.
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Will in New Haven
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