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Originally Posted by Dakota
What other rule in the book is applied to actions by the player while the rule was not in force?
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I'm not sure that anyone has said that the rule is applied while the rule is not in effect. I agree it's not in effect until batter/runner has touched first and pitcher has ball in the circle. What the runner does up to that point doesn't matter (ie turn left/right, etc..). But once all is in effect the BR has to make a quick decision and she puts herself in jeopardy if she doesn't.
What is difficult to determine is what happened in a written post...IMO most of the LBR are HTBT plays.