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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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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.
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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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Good point - I guess I was visualizing a "path" not so clearly seen as passing the base.
As I said, I can support the "off base after having returned" call. And "passed the base = achieved the base" works for me.
While I can see the D-coach getting agitated over not calling the BR out, I can't support the "in jeopardy due to an indirect return" call.