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Originally Posted by reccer
Experienced Blues know the rule but are calling the out if the runner goes more than say 10 feet past the base and then stops and then restarts.
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Then they don't know the rule. This is wrong.
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If you are trying to advance your batter runner to second with runner on third and ball 4 to the batter, there will be no margin for error allowed by the Blue if your runners don't carry out the play perfectly. If the batter-runner heads for 2 and then stops and then restarts, she will be rung up. One Mississippi Two Mississippi becomes abreviated to Bam! (they don't like the squirrelly (sp?) nature of the ball 4 play).
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Again - she CAN stop and restart. If your umpires are doing as you describe, they need to be educated. Calling them experienced seems to be a stretch. In fact, she can go 1 step short of 2nd, stop, and return all the way to first. Totally legal.
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On batted balls, Blues are generally more patient with allowing the runner to round the bags and then locate the ball.
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I find that my patience has nothing to do with it.
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I understand the rule, but I also understand the spirit of the rule, and I agree with the way the local Blues are enforcing the LBR.
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Even though they are enforcing it incorrectly? Horrid.