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Old 08-29-2006, 05:54 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Then why do players ever get a day off?
Well, by the rules of the CBA, teams can be scheduled for no more than twenty days of play in a row without getting a day off. So players are getting at least one day off every three weeks no matter what. In most cases its a bit more than that.

Of course, postponements always throw in a couple of extra days off, though that is counterbalanced by having to play doubleheaders to make them up.
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