Thread: ASA Rules - No slide at the plate.. is ball dead ?
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Old Fri Jul 07, 2006, 07:00am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by hotmatt
How is the runner beating the ball to the bag a tie?
To put out a runner, the ball must beat the runner to the bag. If the runner and ball both get there at the same time, the ball did not BEAT the runner, hence the runner is safe, by rule.
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