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Originally Posted by Rich
This is true until the tag attempt is over. It's no longer a tag attempt once the original one is missed and the catcher is on his hands and knees after missing the original tag.
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Agree. At the moment the tag was attempted, Ichiro twisted his body to avoid, and the twist did not take him more than three feet from the line between him and home.
If Wieters was chasing Ichiro from behind, then he would have been in violation. But because the tag attempt was virtually instantaneous, Ichiro would have had to take a quick right turn from the point of the tag to violate the rule.