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				HEAD OF NSA RULING
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			The runner is out if she does not immediately return once the ball goes into the circle.  The fact that there was a walk here, is only a continuation of the first part of the rule.  ie. when the runner is off of the base as a result of a pitch. 
 
Eddie Ray Cantrell 
NSA Executive VP & National Director of Umpires 
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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