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Originally Posted by CecilOne
Ball into dead ball territory
BR reached 1st if passing the runner at 1st.
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Don't see where it matters if BR reached 1st in the ruling....he/she passed the preceeding runner and is OUT.
The 4 base award does not exist until the umpire awards it. So normal base running responsibilities apply.
Unless the BR is extremely fast, I have hard time seeing him/her reaching 1st while R3 is still deciding if ball is caught/touched. And IF BR had that much speed, no reason he/she couldn't hold up short of 1B.