Thread: You make the call - double base
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Old Wed May 02, 2007, 01:42pm
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Originally Posted by rwest
The interval is from the time of the infraction to the runner returning to the base.

I say the interval started the moment the infraction occurred but since the runner never left the base, the only way to terminate the interval is by the next pitch (legal/illegal).
If the runner did overrun, when would the interval end?

When the runner touched the white portion of the bag.

So why would you rule differently in the OP, and end the interval potentially tens of seconds later?
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