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Old Mon Aug 23, 2010, 01:56pm
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Originally Posted by Fittske View Post
This sitch is only valid if the base runner attempts to return to retouch 1st base after the ball is thrown into DBT. you would not "automaticly" award 3rd beacuse your award should not tip the offense or defense that a possible infraction has been made. It is up to the offensive team to correct the base running mistake. The initial ruling should be an award of home, then if the base runner returns to retouch 1st, then you stop the runner @ 3rd hand have fun explaining to coaches what just happened :-)
Yeah ... that's exactly what he said. Award home, change if/when runner retouches.
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