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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
IMO, the runners are returned to the base they occupied at the time of the pitch which caused the improper batter to become a BR or out.
Logic: The person in the BB at the time of any action previous to that pitch had no effect on what occured on the bases during the period prior to the BOO becoming effective.
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I agree with your ruling, but I'm questioning your logic a little bit. Consider that the batter may have swung at a pitch to help the runner get to second. I think your ruling is more in the spirit of all such violations which is that a pitch legalizes everything that happened before it.