Players must not play the ball dangerously or in a way which leads to dangerous play - the umpire deems it to be dangerous if it causes legitimate evasive action by players.

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"Guys don't seem to care about striking out anymore, but when you strike out, you're not putting the ball in play, and when you don't do that, nothing can happen, " said Keith Hernandez, the former batting champion who is now a television analyst for the Mets.

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"I was just shanking a lot and not able to keep the ball in play, " he said.

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My style was to get on the ball and play, maybe not the most ideal in those circumstances.

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And with the rest of the G20 not in a position to play the kind of hard ball with France and Germany that Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy played with the Greek prime minister on Wednesday night.

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