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It's not just ignorant blues who call it this way. There are some ignorant former professional players who believe this as well.
Last year, a well-know former MLB player who coaches an elite travel team put up a $100 protest fee to protest the very same call described in the first message of this thread. He made the same claim: R1 is stealing, therefore, first base is unoccupied. He even went as far as to say that he had a well-known former MLB umpire on speed dial on his cell phone and we could clear this up right away.
Of course, he lost the protest and his protest fee, but I doubt $100 meant much to him anyway.
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