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Subject: Would you like a little bit of Cricket in Baseball?
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 16:49:51 EDT
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In Cricket, a team can allow its opponent to "follow-on" under certain
conditions.  Translated into Baseball, what it would mean is the following:

If the visiting team is leading the home team by at least x runs (pick your own
x) at the end of the eighth inning, the visitors have an option of letting the 
home team continue batting into the ninth inning.  If the home team during their
ninth inning, makes up the difference thereby making it necessary for the 
visitors to bat again, they will get their chance.  On the other hand, if the 
home team fails to score any runs in the ninth, the game is over.

How does this apply to Baseball?  Any comments?

				A Cricket fan who settled for Baseball