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Yes I'm talking Fed rules only here. Your homerun scenario
I would rule the same way because 3.1.1 says all runners
return to bases occupied at TOP. I'd put the home run hitter on first, return R3 & R2 and call Bubba out. Bases
juiced 2 gone. My big concern here is the timing of the
appeal by the defense...the semantics of the "NEXT BATTER"
in terms of discovery. I think the BRD says in 473 you
treat the illegal runner the same way as the illegal batter
but those rumblings I refer to came from a state office
suggesting the appeal/discovery was too late. That the
HBP batter or in your case the HR hitter WAS the next batter
so a pitch was thrown...now it is too late. Carl or someone
get on here and HELP!!!
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