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Old Tue May 31, 2005, 12:20pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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The crux of the problem here:

"Runner DOESN'T alter path" vs. "I'm not sure if runner has slowed down a little or not."

As umpire, this is your decision. Did the runner alter his/her path ("alter" includes slowing) at all? If so, OBS. If not - did contact with the player without the ball slow the runner (thus "altering" the path of the runner while not in possession of the ball)? In this case, no - contact with the runner happened AFTER possession of the ball. No OBS.
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