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Originally Posted by Ump153
Not according to the online FED clinic I saw. It specifically stated that the runner must have access to a portion of the side of the base facing him. A fielder who entirely blocks the leading edge and insists that runner merely had to reach around him to find another portion of the bag is not provding "access."
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I agree, and that's what I've been taught as well. I was rejecting the idea that "access" means "where the runner wants to go."