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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
So are we going to ring them up everytime they shift their weight off the foot in contact with the base and there is air between the foot and base? Technically that's off the base. Or if she has foot beside base in dirt touching insole and she twists foot and it disengages from the base without ever starting to move forward? All of you wanting to get this out are going to call all of these infractions too?
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The rule book is clear. If they leave the base for any reason they are out. Momentarily breaking contact is not leaving the base. That goes beyond the intent of the rule. We can't protect the girls from making mistakes. What are going to do when R1 advances to 2nd on a hit down the line, stops at 2nd and then steps off and returns to first when the ball is in the pitchers possession in the circle? Call the out? But blue she thought the ball was foul! Sorry Coach, we didn't call it foul.
It's a slippery slope when we start making allowances for a girls mistake.