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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by Dave Davies
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Fitzpatrick of PBUC agrees with Evans - and me. Tag of a base is NOT the same as tag of a runner.
This is one of the times when the NHFS is out in front. (2-24-2)
See BRD section 483 for the full story.
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But Evans said "Unlike a catch, a legal tag is based on the status of the ball at the time the runner or base is touched and not on the final proof of possession." This was under the definition for TAG, which included touching a base while holding the ball, or touching a runner with the ball or glove holding the ball.
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What you're missing is the nature of a tag of a moving object as opposed to a stationary one: The fielder must have control of the ball during the tag, which is not instant but continues through the play. Let's say you see a fielder swipe tag a runner on his way to first, and the ball comes out: Now try to sell that the runner was out and the dropped ball means nothing.
JEA stands for Official Baseball Rules Annotated by Jim Evans: J(im) E(vans) A(nnotated). Jim Porter gave it the name when the book first surfaced on the internet.