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Although that call is rarely ever made in professional baseball, I think it was clearly the correct call on this play. The rule says you need to make an attempt to get out of the way. However, the actual interpretation is that the batter will be awarded first as long as he doesn't lean into the pitch. Crede's action of sticking his left arm out in front of a very slow curveball clearly made it the correct call. However, in that situation, it is not surprising that Guillen would get run being it was a tie game in the ninth inning.
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