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Originally posted by wargy
My question for this situation is. Is the act of stopping after a few strides and looking for where the ball went enough to be construed as an attempt towards advancing to second? The umpire made it seem as it would.
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wargy,
This is a judgement thing.
If this happened in my game, any movement toward second could trigger my interest and make the runner unprotected.
Merely turning to find the ball would not put the runner at risk in my mind.
mick