mercy rule

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mercy rule

n.
A rule stipulating that a competitive athletic contest will end prematurely or its clock will run continuously if one team is ahead by a specified large margin.
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Huntley ended the game on the slaughter rule in the fifth inning as Tenuta had a 2-run single to make it 10-2 and O'Rilley ended it with a 2-run single, the last of the Raiders' 12 hits for the game.
Summary: Panaji (Goa) [India], June 18 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said that the ban on sale of cattle for slaughter rule does not apply to Goa as "there are no cattle markets in the state."
The script was for the film The Slaughter Rule, which the team shot in Montana in 2000, with several stars including Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams.
Best known as a solo performer, Cale returns to a supporting character he played in 2002 indie film "The Slaughter Rule." Floyd Duffner, a 40-something, down-and-out honky-tonk singer who lives out of his Studebaker in nowheresville Montana, dies in the film.
On five occasions, they even had to use baseball's unique slaughter rule - which allows a team to quit if they are losing by more than 10 runs in the seventh innings.
Abattoir owners and farmers won permission in London to bring a High Court challenge in July against the Government's 30- month-old cattle slaughter rule.
Autumn Kasal's 3-run home run in the sixth inning ended Friday's Class 4A Hononegah softball regional championship game on the slaughter rule as Huntley won its fourth straight regional title, beating the host Indians 12-1.
Specialist breeds with no record of BSE will be exempt from the 30-month slaughter rule.
Roy Chutney Ryan Gosling Gideon Ferguson David Morse Skyla Sisco Clea Duvall Studebaker David Cale Tracy Two Dogs Eddie Spears Evangeline Chutney Kelly Lynch Doreen Amy Adams More promising than accomplished, "The Slaughter Rule" is the work of neophyte filmmakers whose reach still exceeds their grasp.
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These included Steven Shainberg's "Secretary," Justin Lin's "Better Luck Tomorrow," Kasia Adamik's "Bark" and Alex and Andrew Smith's "The Slaughter Rule."