That strikes me as just an editorially messed up definition!
In practicality, do we really define the base path as "a direct line between two bases"? Isn't it the direct line between the runner's position, wherever that might be, and the base to which she is trying to reach?
And the runner is only tied to being within three feet of that line WHEN a fielder has the ball and is attempting a tag, not UNLESS a tag is being attempted.
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