Thread: 2 men on base
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Old Fri Sep 10, 2010, 11:30am
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Originally Posted by RadioBlue View Post
I disagree with this being a righteous call. Let's say for argument's sake both tags occurred. Once Patterson was tagged, Martinez has every right to occupy 3rd base. There is no way there should have been two outs on this play because Patterson never got back to the base. From all the angles I saw, Patterson never gets back to 3B.

For the record, I'm an NL fan and don't have a dog in this fight.
Disclaimer: I'm not an umpire and I sureashell don't pretend to know the rules that well.

On the replay that I saw, Patterson was off the bag when he was tagged and Martinez was standing on the bag when he was tagged next.
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