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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Lawump, you're right. I forgot that there was no rundown.
But if there had been, then according to J/R, at what point of the rundown do you kill the ball? Do you wait until the second fielder touches the ball, or what?
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First question: Because J/R considers a rundown as being a "play"...the umpire shall kill the ball immediately upon the commencement of the rundown in your hypo.
Second question: Not necessarily. If the first fielder caught the ball and saw R1 hung-up between the bases, and R1 just stands there between the bases waiting to see what the fielder does, and the fielder (instead of throwing to another fielder) starts running at R1...then I'd call "time" and award appropriately.