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		| Originally posted by chuck chopper I don't have my book here at work.  Can we call Baker out for running bases backwards..he started going back to 2nd when he was being forced to go to 3rd ?
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 No. Runners are allowed to retreat to avoid a play being made on them (exception being the BR). Otherwise, all runners caught in a run-down would be immediately out.