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Originally Posted by RonTberry
Coach not an umpire so I don't pretend to know rules as well as you guys. But why would they have to tag up if its an automatic award for a rule violation? Wouldn't it be similar to throwing a ball into stands or dugout? I know it was caught in air but if they can advance without liability to be out out why the need to tag. Thanks in advance for your answers. Always trying to learn more.
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An "award" is really "the right to run the bases without the defense making a play." You still need to comply with the base running rules.
For example, on a home run, you need to touch all the bases, and you can't pass another runner (and in FED you can't commit MC).
I agree that the rules *could* be written differently (it's an award -- just go there; if the award is home just go to the dugout), but they aren't.