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Both ASA and OBR have a penalty for one runner passing another. So let's examine a play: with a runner on 1B, the batter hits a long high fly down the LF line. The BR runs hard to 1B, but the runner waits at 1B, figuring he'll tag up and advance if the ball is caught. The BR rounds 1B and passes the runner while the ball is still in the air, and then the ball falls into the stands in foul territory.
In ASA, the BR is out for passing the runner while the ball was still live.
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You make that call, especially in 'Bama, and you better have your getaway driver waiting with the pick-up running in the parking lot.