ARLINGTON, VA (AP) -- The U.S. Exporters announced 
today that they are going to court to get an additional 
inning added to the end of game 2 of the October 10 
doubleheader against Stuart Grey.  

The batting and bench coaches for the U.S. Exporters 
held a press conference earlier today.  

"We meant to hit those pitches from the Stuart Grey 
pitcher," said the Exporters batting coach. "We were 
confused by the irregularities of the pitches we 
received and believe we have been denied our right 
to hit."  

One claim specifically noted that a small percentage 
of the Exporters batters had intended to swing at 
outside pitches, but actually swung at inside pitches.

It was clear that these batters never intended to swing 
at inside pitches, though a much higher percentage were 
not confused by the pitches at all.  

Reporters at the press conference pointed out that the 
Exporters had in fact faced Stuart Grey earlier in 
the year.  

"The fact remains that some of the pitches confused 
us and denied us of our right to hit," said the Exporters 
batting coach. "The game is not over yet and Stuart 
Grey is celebrating prematurely."

The Arlington Softball Commission has reviewed the 
hand written statistics of the games and has recounted 
the balls and strikes called by the umpire. 

"While some of the strikes called against the Exporters 
were, in fact, balls, there were not enough of them 
to change the outcome of the games," one commissioner 
said.  

Another portion of the Exporters legal claim stated 
that, based on on-base percentage, the Exporters had 
actually won the doubleheader, regardless of the final 
scores of the games.

"It's clear that we were slightly on-base more often 
than Stuart Grey," said an Exporters spokesman.  "The 
game is rightly ours." 

The manager of the Exporters has remained in relative 
seclusion, engaging in some light jogging for exercise. 
He has stated that he believes "we need to let the 
process run its course without a rush to judgment."

If the U.S. Exporters are granted the additional inning,
and if they defeat Stuart Grey in game 2, the U.S. 
Exporters will have the same win-loss record as Stuart 
Grey (14-4-0), and will be declared the Fall 2000 Division 
Champions by virtue of a better "head-to-head" season 
record.








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