There will be plenty of exceptions: players will be allowed to briefly leave the box if they are granted a timeout, or following swings and misses, foul balls, or close pitches that knock them backward.
After being granted a timeout by the nearest umpire, Morgan turned and jogged back toward first to discard the elbow brace he wears while batting.
While players were fighting for a loose ball, Stephens appeared to grant a timeout to Oklahoma, which was leading by 81-80.
Lewis was uncovered on the goal line play, and though Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen ran down the sideline signalling for a timeout, it was not granted, and the play stood.
Assistant coaches do not typically call timeouts, but game officials are instructed to grant a last-second timeout from the bench area, which includes the head coach, assistants and players.
Because he did not have a timeout remaining, Harbaugh's challenge should not have been granted.
But when officials stop play to check, say, whether there should 37.9 or 37.7 seconds on the clock after a basket, one of the unintended consequences is that it grants both teams an extra timeout, which can be a critical gift.
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But if you're a member of Congress or a senator who's still wondering whether to grant President Obama the authority to use force to deter Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from again murdering hundreds of his people with poison gas, it now makes sense to take a timeout.
