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Show MH There Is a rUnoer on first and one MHJ man out. On the pitch the runner BBJ starts to steal second. It is d wildly KH pitched hall. In un effort to get out EB Pt its way, the hull struck the bat A EH Jr fly ball WBS the result. It was VBJ eaught by the first baseman who com- Ea pleted a double pln before the run- EB per who started to steal could return KBJ to that base It it :i double play ' la BAff there a rule that makes such a hap- Bftf penlng accidental? BBJ Up until 190, siit h an art on the Etfl part of the batsman was considered le- Mfl gal, and any play that followed w.i- 31 the same as an ordinary pitch At the B start of the 1920 season the rule was ifL i hanged. making such a happening g IT 'l and l n i i i . i m i . I , i -1 1 SB j However, this rule proved unsatls- factory and the rule makers have gone back to the old code, making BUCh a plav leyul. It therefore was a double dou-ble play that retired the side |