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Excluding the Defensive Catcher, all fielders must be completely in fair territory?
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Is this rule still enforced (OBR, NCAA, FED)? I heard the rule had been removed, not sure if that's entirely true or not.
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Senor Azul
Mr. beerguy55, your vision of the future is eerily similar to the original purpose of the rule. From the book The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated by David Nemec— “Since no team in its righ
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Here's the OBR rule: 5.02 (4.03) Fielding Positions When the ball is put in play at the start of, or during a game, all fielders other than the catcher shall be on fair territory...Except t
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Wendelstedt, although an excellent resource, is NOT an official interpretation of OBR. The PBUC manual and MLBUM are the only "official" interpretations.
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