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Old Thu Aug 26, 2004, 08:20pm
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Originally posted by SC Ump
Quote:
Originally posted by greymule
Runner on 1B starts walking toward his bench on the 3B side.
Very good...

And it raises an interesting scenario... what if the runner reached the bench before the ball came down? Would the runner be out for abondoning the base and the batter still be up to bat at the start of the next inning?
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No. Once the batter put the ball into play, they completed their turn at bat. If the runner is ruled out and the ball is caught, it is irrelevant. If the runner is ruled out and the ball is not caught, the BR if on first, for what it's worth.

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