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Old Thu Apr 20, 2017, 09:37pm
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Originally Posted by Rich Ives View Post
And just maybe the author meant passing because the trail runner touched first, not because there was physical passing.

If the runner is standing in either batter's box facing the trail runner in order to give a high five, chances are pretty good she's past the plate.
What you state COULD be true. It is, however, both illogical and argumentative, as we tend to accept the stated facts as .........facts.

If ruled passing (and not an appeal), there is no argument available to that judgment. Calling it a missed base, rather than a passed runner, if the preceding runner did not PASS the plate is simply lack of cojones, in my opinion. You cannot miss what you have not reached AND passed.
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