Thread: U2 Blown Call
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Old Mon May 03, 2004, 10:04am
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Why is BR special

If R2 is out for "abandoning his efforts" to run the bases for a couple steps out of the basepath (assuming he thinks there is no more play), why is the BR protected all the way until he steps foot into the dugout? During the play I was thinking along the lines that R2 would have nearly as much time as a BR would to figure out the error. But, as it has been pointed out, a runner doesn't get nearly the same margin of error as a BR. What is special about the BR that he can screw up for so long while his teamates can barely flinch (pardon the exaggeration)?
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