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Originally Posted by agr8zebra
Rule 2.3.2
ART. 2 . . . Base Path. The traditional path traveled by a runner who is attempting to advance to the next base. It is defined by a direct line between two bases and three feet on either side of that line, unless a fielder has the ball in her possession and she is within three feet of the runner and prepared to apply a tag. A base runner who attempts to avoid a tag by running more than three feet to either side of a fielder with the ball in her possession shall be declared out.
What is the meaning or purpose of the the 2nd sentence, the conjuctive part "unless a fielder has the ball in her possession and she is within three feet of the runner and prepared to apply a tag."
Does this mean she, the runner, can not diviate avoid the tag by going outside the tag even by a 6 iniches? If the fielder has the ball, and within 3 feet of the girl playing upon her?
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No. In practical terms, the opposite. If the runner's base path is 6' behind the baseline at the time the fielder gets the ball, AND if the fielder is then in a direct line between the runner and the next base, THEN the runner cannot deviate more than 3' from that newly established base path (a direct line to the base from that pont)..