1) Base running awards are according to the runner's POSITION at the time of the throw, DIRECTION is IRRELEVANT.
2) Bickering is not productive.
3) Well, Alex, you already mentioned ASA/ISF/ESF which have some differences. The several rule books American umpires are stuck with have even more differences, could very well vary on this play.
4) Hugo seems sane.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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