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Old Mon Apr 12, 2004, 10:45am
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Originally posted by Dakota


I'm not trying to split hairs (i.e. she stepped over the base - that kind of thing) - if she "returned to 1st," then she was off base and in jeopardy. That call makes sense, but it doesn't seem to me the rules clearly support placing her in jeopardy because her path back to first was not direct.
Speaking ASA

Tom,

If the runner in question was between 1B & home, her return to 1B is a fact of life. Whether she touched it is irrelevant. Why, you ask? Because she obviously passed it and we all know what that means in ASA ball, don't we?

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