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Old Mon Aug 05, 2013, 05:14am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by EsqUmp View Post
Well, that's a matter of opinion.
It's really a matter of the organization responsible for the game. I assume this was a high school game, and I further assume it was played under NFHS rules (some states use other rule sets for high school ball, so I'm not certain). NFHS uses the the naming convention of runners where R1 is the leadmost runner, R2 is next, etc., in its case book.

Not sure which softball organization calls R1 the runner who starts on first base, R2 starts on second, etc. I see that mostly in baseball circles.
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