Mercy rule
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mercy-rule-186-7568954
title:
Mercy rule
text:
A mercy rule, slaughter rule, knockout rule, or skunk rule ends a two-competitor sports competition earlier than the scheduled endpoint if one competitor has a very large and presumably insurmountable scoring lead over the other. It is called the mercy rule because it spares further humiliation for the loser. It is common in youth sports in North America, where running up the score is considered unsporting. It is especially common in baseball and softball in which there is no game clock and a do
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Rule that ends a sports event due to an insurmountable lead
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_rule
date created:
2002-02-14T16:00:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:12:19Z
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