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From: hstrop@mhuxt.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Net response to pine tar incident
Message-ID: <277@mhuxt.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 10:11:41 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 29 10:11:41 1983
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As we all know by now, Lee MacPhail has upheld the Royals
protest, stating it was "the fault of the official playing rules."
This is the first time in ten years that MacPhail has upheld a
protest. The game is currently declared a suspended contest,
which means all the stats count, and if the game is ever finished,
either the Royals or the Yankees could end up with the victory.

However, the net predicted this outcome by a 2:1 margin. Out of
29(!) responses, 18 felt that the homerun should be allowed,
9 thought that Brett should be out, and two people had no direct
opinion on the matter. Of the respondents, there are a lot of 
Yankee haters out there; at least 10 responses were very
negative.(everyone's entitled to their opinion)

I'm sure we haven't heard the last of this episode in baseball history.
As a further note on the subject, why it is that baseball is
the only professional sport that condones "cheating". For example,
an umpire can see a player take off from third base before a fly
ball is caught, but won't call the runner out unless there is an appeal
play. The phantom 2nd base tag is another instance of "cheating" that
goes on. 
Thanks for all the responses to the article.

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