[greymule]

Part H of POE 33 is badly written. The first sentence, which appears to apply to any runner, is patently false—the runner is allowed a stop. The sentence also contains a puzzling exception: "other than 1B." Then, without any logical transition, the second and third sentences narrow the subject to a runner who has overrun 1B.

At that late point, the relevance of the phrase "other than 1B" in the first sentence is revealed as applying to a runner who has overrun 1B. Obviously it does not apply to all runners. A runner who has rounded 1B, run halfway to 2B, and started back toward 1B cannot "stop as many times as needed" on the way if the pitcher has the ball.

The fourth sentence appears to be connected to the second and third, until the terms "original base" and "another base" lead us to believe that we're back to talking about "any runner," not the runner who has overrrun 1B.

The fourth sentence also contains an error. It says that if the runner stops or reverses direction he is out unless the pitcher makes a play on him. Technically, this is saying that if the runner reverses direction and then the pitcher makes a play on him, he is not out. It should read, "unless the pitcher has made a play on him." The play has to come before the reverse of direction. Verb tenses in English do have a purpose.