Mon May 04, 2009, 11:40am
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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Since Steve has half the answer, I'll give out the full answer: We have 1 out on the batter-runner, R1 and R2 are safe. Rationale: No runner has to give up his base, even if he's forced to. Which brought another twist to the play, that if the throw hadn't beaten the batter-runner to 1B, the batter-runner is still out for arriving at a base occupied by a preceding runner. I swear that is what my UIC told me based upon his call to the national U-trip office.
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Idiocy.
Keep in mind it was a slow-pitch game, not fast pitch, and the ruling is not a written interp.
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