Last Time By Question

[bob jenkins]

If you miss a base by "accident" you are allowed to correct it on last-time-by.

If you cheat, you can't take advantage of this rule.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If you miss a base by "accident" you are allowed to correct it on last-time-by.

If you cheat, you can't take advantage of this rule.

Which makes no sense.

R1 has to take the same path (and the same amount of time) to retreat to second and then first in both situations. It shouldn't matter HOW he got to third.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by CT1

Which makes no sense.

R1 has to take the same path (and the same amount of time) to retreat to second and then first in both situations. It shouldn't matter HOW he got to third.

Penalties fall into two types: equity penalties (such as nullifying the act obstruction,) or punitive penalties (such as ejection for USC.) In the first, the goal is to make the outcome as close as possible to what would have happened had the infraction not occurred. In the second, the goal is to deter the infraction from happening and preventing it from happening again.

This enforcement is an example of a penalty in equity being enforced as a punitive penalty due to the deliberate actions of the offender.