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Originally Posted by Fritz
Had a similar sitch in a tournament this past weekend but different result. Runner took a wide turn, throw from center is in advance of the runnter but takes catcher well into foul territory on 3B side of Home, about 6 feet up the line. As catcher is fielding the ball, runner sees he will be tagged out easily and swerves back into fair territory, around the lunging catcher and touches the back side of home plate, barely, with his outstretched hand. I banged him out for being out of his baseline to avoid the tag. OC argued briefly because the runner was in the dirt part of the lane (grass infield) but nodded when I pointed out that he has been running well into the grass/foul part of the field until he saw he was going to be tagged out.
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Now that's a good (and gutsy) call simply because most people would never have noticed where he was running and it probably didn't really look like he had avoided the tag etc,.
Thanks
David