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Originally Posted by tibear
That is the exact situation and taking it a step further the question was why is R2 allowed to run to second when avoiding a tag since second base is not a base he is "entitled" to??
Why is second treated differently then first, home plate or left field for that matter? If the runner moves more then 3 feet outside his basepath which is a direct line between himself and third(the only base open to him), including retreating to second base, should be called out?
Again, I've never called it this way but was asked a question and not sure why second is treated differently.
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Not sure what you might mean by "second base is not a base he is entitled to". Why - the play is not over yet? There's no penalty for running backward in the basepath (in this case, back toward 2nd), nor should there be. Perhaps he backs up long enough to allow BR to be safe. Conversely, perhaps he forces F5 to make a play at first on BR, and they get BR out ... poof - your runner is now "entitled" (if that's what you meant by it) to be back at the base he was returning to.
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Last edited by mcrowder; Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 07:46am.
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