Thread: Grand Slam passing a runner - kind of
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Old Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:43pm
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Originally Posted by BretMan View Post
And another thing...the ball remains live? Following an over the fence home run???
Bad use of the terminology. What they meant was that the PU should rule B4 out the moment she passes R3, but he/she shouldn't say or do anything that would cause R3 to stop in her attempt to still touch home plate.

Easier said than done, but the PU should probably just wait until all running is concluded, and then announce that B4 is out for passing R3.
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