[QUOTE=bob jenkins;628008]The rule is there because without it:
1) The offense would stand 1' from the next base and have an easy "steal" as soon as the ball is put in play,
If I remember correctly this rule was put in place during the Ty Cobb era..Cobb would do just that...
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