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Originally posted by TexBlue
To expand on Mike's post, it's not illegal to touch the runner. It's illegal to assist the runner. For example, to push the runner home, or to grab them and stop them, or even to help them get up, if they trip and fall down. It is all in the judgement of the blue on the field.
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True, Rick, but remember that a touch can be an assist as on a runner tagging on a caught fly ball. A simple tap when the ball is caught is considered aiding the runner.
Mike
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