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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB
I didn't say there needed to be contact. I said theres conflicting opinions on whether the presence of the defender is enough of there has to be contact.
You see more of the former because umpires aren't watching the runners enough to know what they had to do in order to reach the next base.
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Sorry I was too abrupt. 
I should have said "Those who think contact is needed (not you) are incorrect.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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