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Old Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:36am
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Originally Posted by zm1283 View Post
I would have to watch the video again, but I think the runner was moving around F5 in this clip before the ball got to him.
That's exactly what trips up the standard parent/fan - they see a player running "around" a fielder and assume they MUST be 3 feet outside the baseline (nevermind that it's the basepath that matters), and don't realize the path is made when the tag starts, not when the runner begins deviating.
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