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Originally Posted by WestMichiganBlue
Batted ball to F6, B-R dives in to 1B, touching the white bag with his hand, beating the throw.
While still laying on the ground and touching the base, the B-R is tagged by F3 who appeals for a missed base. B-R still has not touched the colored bag, but - OTOH - the appeal has to be made before the B-R returns to the bag.
So is he out - touching the white base is no different than being off the base returning from RF?
Or safe because it is too late to appeal?
WMB
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I'm not an umpire (nor do I play one on TV
), but my uneducated guess would be that since a play is being made at first, if F3 can tag the B/R before the B/R touches the safety portion of the base, the B/R is out.
I realize what ASA 8-2-M-3-Effect says, but seeing that the B/R must use the colored half of the base in this situation, touching the white base is the same as not actually touching the base.
Thoughts?