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Originally posted by TexBlue
I'm starting to think our Texas Teams are reading the rule book or something. 
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I can't tell if it is ignorance of the rule or pushing the envelope to see what the runners can get away with, or if it is lack of enforcement ... it is probably a different cause for each instance, but the trend this year was very noticeable compared to previous years.
I'd make a few calls during every season for leaving early, but I can't remember the last time I had so many different runners on different teams at different levels just standing off the base.
I called one (high school) runner out for just standing off of third. She played 1st base on defense. On the way past me to take her position (she was the third out) she said, "I still don't understand that call."
"You were standing off the base."
You know what she said? "I thought you were going to dust off the plate." Amazing. (I guess even I can figure out the cause in this case!)