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In response to "So, why is softball starting days before the opening ceremony, but finishing by like Day 5?" by Will Hunting

Not having separate venues was part of the deal with the IOC devil that Softball and Baseball made to be re-instated to Olympics

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jul 26 '21, 08:41

Thus reducing possible venues costs for hosts.

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I did not know this -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 08:42 4
- Neither did I until it came up in the commentary during the first couple of US games. There's also some pace of game rules being used - JD Jul 26, 08:47 3
  - those are all good rules - zork Jul 26, 08:54 2
    - 20 seconds! -- nm - JD Jul 26, 08:56 1
      - That's actually what the CFL has -- nm - zork Jul 26, 08:59

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