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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst
Why?
The old way, (Immediate dead ball) maybe you could say she left early BEFORE the IP, so you have a DEAD BALL, NO PITCH, the IP never happened...
But with the new rule, you only have a delayed dead ball, so the IP Did occur.
I have not seen any guidance regarding on infraction taking precedence.
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The leaving early rule has not changed and doesn't state that the pitch must be legally delivered for the runner to be called out. I get where you're coming from, but IMO the rules, as written, seem to give precedence to RLE over IP.