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Effectively Wild Episode 1862: Forbidden Ball Trick

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The New York Yankees Are Making the Trip to Newark

The rule in question is, when does a dead ball become live? By far the most common way the ball became dead was an uncaught foul ball. Today's play is something different, ined to catch the runner, not paying close attention to whether the ball was dead or alive. The game is reduced, richard says, by this trick no longer being available. There are modern, vintage baseball clubs who play by obsolete rules.

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