Fox said it was the drive rope that failed near the first-turn connection and fell to the track.

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Few general managers are given as much rope as the Rockies extended O'Dowd to turn to Plan B.

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She has no mast, no sails, no complicated bits of rope that you have to pull to make her move or turn.

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They, in turn, communicate to the fielders just inside the rope.

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And we have rope tenders that control us on the surface and give us particular signals and tell us where to turn and things of that nature, because with no visibility you normally will lose your sense of direction and everything else.

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