Wed Jun 14, 2006, 09:10am
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Originally Posted by cbfoulds
Bulltwinkies!
The runner had been standing on 3d FOR 2 PITCHES!
While he could have been appealed out after the ball was made live [which, I admit, probably should not have happened UNTIL he had returned, at least to the vicinity of the prior base], after 2 pitches, he's stolen that base fair and square.
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There is no rule provision to call him out. It's actually the umpire's fault.
5.09 e) A foul ball is not caught; runners return. The umpire shall not put the ball in play until all runners have retouched their bases;
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