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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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So going airborne away from the tag and landing behind the BB is okay because once he passed the glove the movement away from the base path does not count toward the deviation?
I have no problem with the runner trying to get around the tag and if he could have done so and maintained the direction of the base path, I wouldn't even have thought about it. But that isn't what happened. The runner left the base path in a direction away from the plate to avoid the tag and that move carried him much farther than 3' off the base path.
Well, we will just call it differently, I guess. I would have no problem making that call with little sell.