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From: michaelf@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: The 8th way to reach first
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 13:10:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 13:10:00 1985
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Nf-From: ISM780!michaelf    Jun  3 13:10:00 1985








		Most of you have come up with seven ways to reach first.
	 I asked an 8-year old kid to see how many he could come up with.
	 The first one he said is one none of you got. Pinch running.
	 Baseball IS a kid's game.

                I heard this happened in a college game. The
         catcher had a potato stuffed behind his chest protector.
         A runner was on first and the catcher caught the pitch
         and threw the potato towards first ala a pick-off throw.
         He deliberately threw it over the head of the first
         baseman and the potato went bouncing into right field,
         the runner dashed for second and was thrown out by the
         real ball. There was apparently no rule against this
         trickery and the runner was out. I, for one, love these
         kind of plays.