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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Rule Supplement #27 reads in part:
(T)he base award is governed from the last base [B]legally[B] touched at the time the ball became dead.
Even the award of second base is not legal unless the runner retouches first or the defending teams forgoes an appeal.
The runner cannot have legally touched any base beyond first since he is required, by the rules, to tag first base after the catch to legally advance.
No runner can legally advance to any base if he in jeopardy of being called out for missing a previous base.
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Leaving first base early does not mean every future touch of a base is illegal. Let me ask you this ... a runner on first appears to be tagging, but leaves a step or so early, and is rounding 2nd heading for third when a relay throw is thrown into the third base dugout ... what base do you award?