Thread: Runner retreats - FED rules
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Old Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:57am
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve View Post
OK, color me smarta$$, but that isn't possible.

Once a BR has passed first base, that person no longer has the status of BR. At least, according to the definition.
Perhaps that's the case in ASA. But in FED (and the OP did say this was a FED play) and in NCAA, the BR stays a BR until the play ends.
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