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My 2 cents is that the runner should be allowed to overrun 1B on a walk, as he is in OBR but not Fed. Ball 4 gets away from F2 and BR runs hard to 1B. He should be allowed to overrun if he decides not to try for 2B. Or on a 3-2 count BR tries to check his swing and the pitch gets away from F2. Thinking his checked swing might be appealed into strike 3, BR runs hard to 1B and overruns. The defense shouldn't get a tag out if he overruns and the pitch is ruled ball 4.
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