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Old Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:51pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by BT_Blue View Post
To me this is just an appealable thing.
So, you allow the BR to veer off and head to the dugout while the CR comes in to occupy first base. The defense appeals that the BR never went all the way to first.

What rule will you use to call the BR out at that point (I assume by your statement that it's an "appealable thing" that you would rule the BR out)? And does that rule require an appeal in order to make the out determination?
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