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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Agreed. Even if you need to tell F2 to go to first.
An exception could be made if F2 is injured before going to first (hit by pitch for example), but we're into 10-2-3g territory now.
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How would you prevent this from happening. F1 trotted down the baseline till he was 5ft from the bag, saw the CR comming out and turned and went to the dugout. I guess if the umpire was really quick in determining what was happening he could have ejected the CR for comming onto the field during a live ball. But since the point of the CR ruile is to speed up the game, ejecting the CR seems quite a bit extreme.
How else would a sound umpire prevent this besides coacing the kids "Hey get back here and touch first!".