cabbagedad posted:Does anyone else see a big flaw in this one? If I am reading the rule correctly, if a P is injured or ill, he can come out. But there is no corresponding "sit" rule. In other words, there is nothing from stopping a P to fake an injury and be replaced since he is immediately eligible to return the next game.
So, tactically, are we going to see a bunch of fake injuries (signaled by the coach) that will backfire and make the game even longer instead of shorter? In fact, this gives a team even longer to have the next relief guy warm up. I don't see an umpire sticking his neck out, from a liability standpoint, and calling out a P for faking.
Faking an injury?? At the direction of the team's manager??? C'mon.
I really can't imagine any of these highly trained, highly talented, highly paid professional athletes acting unethically or in an unsportsmanlike manner, gaming the rules, or doing anything to besmirch the honor of the game or the reputation of themselves and their teams.