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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
I guess if F3 is in the air and landing on the colored portion of the base it would seem safer to me to let them stay there and let the BR run to the white portion. If we follow your thinking the BR and fielder would be crossing paths twice, thus doubling the chance of collision. Which would be inconsistent with the purpose of the damn thing, at least to me it would.
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Not at all. The BR is heading toward the colored portion of the base. There is little chance of the BR or coach being able to recognize the issue in time to adjust the BR's route. That BR is going to run into F3 or if able to check up, abandon their effort to obtain 1B which could be OBS. Either way, the BR could be placed in jeopardy of serious injury.
The way it should be, the defender should be forced to abandon the base, field the ball and then return to the colored portion.
However, if coaches could coach and players play with just an iota of intelligence, there would be no market for the base to even exist. To me, including this piece of equipment did nothing more than weaken the resolve of a competitive game.