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Originally posted by Bfair
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Here are the only points I made about FED:
1. If a runner leaves a base too soon, when the ball goes dead his award will be two bases measured from the time of the pitch.
2. If the runner's position is beyond a subsequent base and the ball goes dead, he is in jeopardy of an out on appeal after he receives his award.
Do you agree those two sentences accurately reflect NFHS rules?
Whether the runner has started back or is still running forward is absolutely irrelevant to any award.
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That is not what the Fed rules state, is it?
Freix
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My book is likely the same as yours.
FED 8-3-5b: "When a runner, who is returning to touch a base after a batted ball has been caught, is prevented from doing so because a thrown live ball has become dead, his award shall be from the base he occupied at the time of the pitch."
Now, here's a play:
R1 leaves early, touches second, nears third, and stops when he realizes the ball was caught and he has no chance to return safely to first. But the outfielder overthrows first, and the ball goes dead.
Are you telling the world that FED rules require the umpire to award R1 HOME PLATE?
Please, no freaking novels.
YES.
NO.
Pick one!