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Originally Posted by drwells1
Irish, I have been doing this for a while, and until the rule was changed a few years back, the runner could not leave the base until the ball was hit. I am not trying to be confrontational but if you are saying that the runner could always leave the bag once the ball reached the plate, I would like some clarification as to why it has not been used before the rule was changed.
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Note that leagues routinely override the official rule by not allowing runners to leave base until the ball is hit. This house rule is so common that players think it's the official rule, but it's not. The official rule requires runners to remain on base until the pitched ball hits the ground, reaches home plate, or is batted. This is the rule regardless of whether or not stealing is allowed. It has been this way a long time and was not changed a few years back (though that local league may well have changed their rule a few years back).
Mike was simply ranting and even pointed that out with a hijack alert.