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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
Thanks, Rich. And Wayne, I don't care how long the case play has been there, it's ridiculous. Until a ball has been batted the basepaths belongs to the runners.
LHO.
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You're most welcome, Lee Harvey.
The rule states
positions himself behind a bag to get a running start. This rule is there to prevent runners from taking a running start and timing it so they will have momentum going to the next base on a sacrifice fly. The other rule is there to prevent a base runner from having an advantage to interfere with a throw from F1 to F3.
8-4-2o has nothing to do about where a base runner establishes his lead. It merely states he
cannot position himself behind a bag to get a running start. I would think a coach would want a runner with 93 foot lead as opposed to an eighty foot run with a ten foot lead, with a running start no less.
Now show me a rule where it is specifically states a runner must be in fair territory to establish a lead.