jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys) (05/02/85)
Sorry if you have seen this posting before, but I have reason to believe
that it did not get passed to the net, from the host computer.
As baseball is not a national sport in England, I have been watching a lot
of it out here over the last year. I have a couple of questions on the game
that I would like answered though.
1) Apart from the DH in the American League, and the various ground rules
for the different ball parks, what are the fundamental differences in
the rules between the American League and the National League ?
2) This one may be a little tougher. I have noticed in some ball parks
that there are two small circles, apart from the two on-deck circles.
They are closer to the foul lines than the on-deck circles and each
of these circles seems to be in line between the mound and the on-deck
circle. Why are they there ? Do/did they have any signnificance ??
Thanks for any help......
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will you tell me please;
I wanna know - Joan Armatrading ]
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) (05/03/85)
2) This one may be a little tougher. I have noticed in some ball parks > that there are two small circles, apart from the two on-deck circles. > They are closer to the foul lines than the on-deck circles and each > of these circles seems to be in line between the mound and the on-deck > circle. Why are they there ? Do/did they have any signnificance ?? > I think those circles are for the coaches who hit practice balls to infielders during the pre-game warmup. That way they don't have to stand at home plate when the batter's boxes are being chalked. Brian Reilly -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Brian Reilly U.C. Davis Computer Center Davis, CA 95616 ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb:ccrbrian "If I had something clever to say, it would go here." =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
dbf1853@ritcv.UUCP (Dave Ferguson @ Rochester Institute of Technology (ritcv/dbf1853)) (05/08/85)
> 2) This one may be a little tougher. I have noticed in some ball parks > > that there are two small circles, apart from the two on-deck circles. > > They are closer to the foul lines than the on-deck circles and each > > of these circles seems to be in line between the mound and the on-deck > > circle. Why are they there ? Do/did they have any signnificance ?? > > > I think those circles are for the coaches who hit > practice balls to infielders during the pre-game > warmup. That way they don't have to stand at home > plate when the batter's boxes are being chalked. > > These circles are called fungo circles and are used as Brian Reilly says.