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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
How did ASU get hosed? The runner stopped and took a hop backward as F3 went to tag her.
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2" - BFD. A recovery to balance from the stop, not a deliberate step/hop back.
AND:
12.4.11 When she steps back toward home plate
to avoid or delay a tag by a fielder.
As the tag was made essentially at the same time as the miniscule hop how was the rule violated?
And it took a conference of the umpires and only after the Washington coach brought it up? Not at all an obvious call.
And what purpose is served anyhow - protecting incompetent defenses? Runners can do it elsewhere and it doesn't affect play?