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Originally posted by Spence
What if I changed the scenario a bit.
R1 takes off from first and heads out towards RF. F1 steps off the mound and throws to 2nd. Could you say he is out for being out of baseline and is attempting to avoid being tagged?
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No, R1 is not avoiding a tag if F1 throws to 2nd. A runner avoids a tag when there is a tag
attempted on him.
R1 is not doing anything wrong here. Simply put, he can run all the way to the outfield fence, turn and run to 2nd base and if no one tags him, he is safe. Now if F4 is waiting on the outfield grass as R1 is headng to 2nd and R1 deviates more than the preverbial 3 feet
as F4 is trying to tag R1, then R1 has violated the rules and can be called out.