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"To remember how to rule, an umpire can think of the reversal of direction when the batter turns back toward the field as the "stop" allowed and handle it from there."
Agreed - that is how I have always understood this rule. HOWEVER, rules B & C allow a stop after the reversal of direction - under your interp that would be the second stop - thus illegal and the B-R called out just for stopping.
"were put into place to avoid the possible "stand-off" BS as there is no guidance on speed, a runner returning to 1B could take minutes to complete."
Actually, the ASA POE suggests that a runner can stop as many times as she wants on her way back to 1B.
"If the umpire doesn't know the rule, they either don't attend clinics or take the time to learn the rules, OR their UIC has failed to instruct them properly"
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"Nothing new or exciting here (rule b), but it does not relate to running "through" 1B, but continuing to run (rounding) the bases."
I think that you proved my point, Mike, about lack of knowledge of these rules. Rule B does indeed relate to "running through the base towards right field." Rule A is for rounding 1B towards 2B. Rule A is typical LBR - allowed one stop, decide, then proceed non-stop to 2B or back to 1B. (I deliberately did not bring rule A into my discussion.)
Rules B thru E are for running through the base, and only rule B is a LB type of rule. With all due respect to your comments, I still think that C-D-E are garbage. Remove them from the book and nothing would change (assuming that B was modified to read "turn left or right, then stop, then go to 2B or back to 1B non-stop."
WMB
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