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Originally Posted by NIump50
I don't believe this is continuous action. The walk to the illegal batter and advance on a WP are two separate actions.
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NIump50,
Despite your "belief", this
IS, in fact, "continuous action".
From J/R (to my knowledge, the
only authoritative source which defines the concept):
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Continuous action: an uninterrupted progression of play starting with the pitchand ending typically when the runners have ceased trying to advance, and the defense has relaxed and is returning (or has returned) the ball to the pitcher. ...
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Originally Posted by NIump50
The out would not be nullified and proper batter is out on appeal
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Despite your deep understanding of the rules and their proper application evident in this and other posts (
res ipsa loquitor), I am more inclined to subscribe to the
opposite opinion espoused by J/R:
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(3) Any runner who became out during the continuous action must return to his base; his out is nullified. ...
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Though I would certainly concur that the "...proper batter is out on appeal."
JM