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Originally Posted by mcrowder
Because the ASA rulebook SPECIFICALLY calls this situation out as different from each other.
Why would they do so? My guess - in the sitch of runners running around the basepaths, it is much more likely for fielders to assume that if they see a runner running around out there - that runner is someone they can throw out... but in the D3K sitch, the fielders KNOW that a runner between home and first in this sitch cannot be a valid runner.
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My thoughts exactly. Everybody knows that the batter just stroke out and that the catcher didn't catch the ball before it touch the ground. But on a runner rounding the bases after being called out, not everyone is going to know the runner has been retired. Also with multiple runners running on the play, which one was called out? There is the potential for more confusion on this play than a batter-runner running to first base on a D3K.