Mon Jun 30, 2014, 09:08am
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
No, you shouldn't have said anything, but if you did say "yes", why did she go back to 2nd?
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Throw came into 3rd.
Quote:
Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
To continue, treat this situation that same as a detached base. If the runner is anywhere in the vicinity of where the base is supposed to be, consider the base touched and move on. As referring to vicinity, I'm not talking about cutting a corner by 10'. A runner usually has a pretty good idea where the base should be. If anyone wants to argue, they should take it up with the TD/complex owner/ground crew. It is NOT the umpire job to maintain the field and obviously it is not something that you can rectify.
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Agree.
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