AER Rule Submission 31: Tampa Bay (2; 2.00)

Tampa Bay submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 2.00(Not Close) to the Announcers' Ejection Rules. The proposal passed by a vote of 19-11.

2.00 NOT CLOSE - Close.

This device measures the distance between things
that are not close to each other.

The rules were submitted in response to a call of "Safe" made by 1B Umpire Brian O'Nora (7). At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, Kansas City was leading 3-2. The contest finished with the score unchanged.

This was Tampa Bay's 2nd rules submission of 2015.
Tampa Bay now has 8 points in the AER standings (4 Previous + 2 New Rule + 2 Submission Passed = 8). Tampa Bay moves from T-2nd to 2nd.

This is the 31st rules submission of the MLB Regular Season.
This is the 19th successful rules submission.
This is the 15th rules submission made by a team.
This is the 13th successful rules submission made by a team,
This is Tampa Bay's 2nd rules submission.
This is Tampa Bay's 2nd successful rules submission.

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