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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
If your premise were true, then we would only need a sliver of the base for the player to put their foot on, right? The entire base is there because the entire base is in play. (I hope that made as much sense as it did in my head)
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Larry,
I can see brain cells turning!
You are right, the entire base is in play, that means both the entire orange part and the entire white part. So when a defense player is partially on the orange, they might as well be entirely on the orange. When the rule book says the defense must use the white portion that would mean they can not use the orange portion.
Which brings me back to my main point. Should a runner be called safe if the defense uses part of the orange base on a play requiring them to use only the white?