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Old Thu May 06, 2004, 10:42am
ozzy6900 ozzy6900 is offline
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Okay CZ, down and dirty.

Runner misses 2nd and holds up taking a lead off 2nd.

Nothing to do here unless there is an appeal by the defense. In OBR, the ball has to be "live" so it's going to be tough to get this runner out - he'll dive back before the ball gets there. But in FED, a sharp player can call time then he or the coach can make a "dead ball appeal" and the runner will be out. This is because in FED, once "time" is called, the runner cannot tag up or touch a missed base - he's dead as a door nail!

If there is no appeal made under either rule, then as soon as the next pitch is made, the runner is to be concidered to have touched 2nd and not further appeal can be made for missing that base.

And that's all there is to it!
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