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Originally Posted by chapmaja
We come together and try to determine when she left the base and how it compared with the time the pitch would have been released, had the pitch been released.
We really could not come to a decision...
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JMO, but unless it's blatantly obvious that the runner left her base well before the pitcher aborted her delivery, I'm giving the runner the benefit of the doubt here. Since the two of you couldn't figure out what came first, then the IP violation should prevail.
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