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Originally Posted by jmkupka
Not questioning your mechanics, Mike (ok I guess I am), but... if there's no touch of the plate and no tag, why would I not have a "no call"? Is it because F2 was standing on the plate?
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Because you are umpiring softball.
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Seems to me that, in this case, calling R1 safe after she passes the plate would call attention to the fact that she didn't touch it.
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No, more likely to bring the attention to the point that it was not a force play.
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That's how I'd've handled it... obviously wrong... trying to improve my skills.
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(ASA 8.3.B) "When a runner passes a base, the runner is considered to have touched that base."
So, lacking a tag on a non-force play, the runner is indeed safe once s/he passes home plate. Doesn't mean the defense cannot appeal the runner missing the base.