[greymule]

Spots, you might have some fun examining variations on the situation you posed. For example, what if R1 had been between 1B and 2B at the time of the throw, but when it went out of play, he had touched 2B and was on his way to 3B? What if he had then gone on to touch 3B? What if he had started back toward 2B on his retreat to 1B? What if he had rounded 2B at the time of the throw and was retreating when it went out of play? What if he had simply proceeded to 3B? What if he went back to touch 1B though he was not legally allowed to do so? What if the play had not been obvious, and R1 had left too soon but nobody seemed to notice, then he rounded 2B and slid safely into 3B as the throw got past F5 and went out of play?

I'm sure you can think of some others.

Fed, MLB, and NCAA handle some of these differently.

P.S. The rule books won't help much. You'll need a case book, the BRD, the PBUC, the J/R from Rick Roder in Iowa, and this site.

[Edited by greymule on May 17th, 2002 at 02:02 PM]