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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Semantics?
"It cannot be assumed . . " is true in OBR. Assumption has nothing to do with it. You must judge willful & deliberate intent to call a DP. Judging the oblivious runner as having intent would be a MAJOR stretch.
In FED you CAN assume a DP eould have happened and call it.
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No. Assumptions play no role in umpiring this play.
The rest of your post is correct.