# Baseball transfer rule rescinded.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 26, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008 "2014-04-26T00:44:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/1 "2014-04-26T00:44:44Z")

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[Baseball transfer rule rescinded.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/mlb-clarifies-rule-on-transfer-of-ball-from-glove-to-hand?ymd=20140425&content_id=73313204&vkey=news_mlb) Couldn’t believe they initiated this new rule in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/2 "2014-04-26T03:55:35Z")

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[Joe Torre explaining things.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/mlb-clarifies-rule-on-transfer-of-ball-from-glove-to-hand?ymd=20140425&content_id=73313204&vkey=news_mlb)

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/3 "2014-04-26T04:14:39Z")

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Ugh. The Indians have been burned on the bad rule at least once this season, if not twice.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/4 "2014-04-26T10:46:18Z")

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Now if they’ll just get rid of replay overall.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/5 "2014-04-26T12:18:25Z")

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> [@asterion](#):
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> Now if they’ll just get rid of replay overall.

You LIKE the bad calls? Or is it a more “back in my day…” attitude?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-transfer-rule-rescinded/687008/6 "2014-04-26T20:37:05Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> You LIKE the bad calls? Or is it a more “back in my day…” attitude?

I’m earning to live with it. I hope they don’t expand it.