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Originally Posted by pingswinger
R2 & BR hits ball up 1st base line. BR starts to run to first and once 1st baseman gets ball goes to tag him. BR then turns around and runs back home to avoid tag and to give R2 time to get to third. Umpire once told me that BR would be automatically out since it is a "travesty to the game." Is this right? Surely not.
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I think I've read that this ruling (if not the reason) is correct in (some levels of) softball. Many of the "rules myths" have a basis in similar games.