How would you rule on these plays.

[David B]

Originally posted by GarthB
The play I described for Tim was not precisely the one that started this thread. In my scenario, R1 was 30' from second. When I questioned Tim about other matters including a "bang-bang_ DP he added this:


The parallel I’ve typically drawn regarding avoidance on the FP DP ball is to a batter’s avoidance of the pitch…the threshold is going to be dependent upon the situation. If the runner is right on top of it and all he can do is a last second scrunch, that still constitutes avoidance. Remember…the rule reads “Does not attempt to avoid the fielder” and not “Does not avoid the fielder.” Big diff.

I'm feeling better already.

exactly, we can't expect the runner to just disappear.

As we know in varsity ball this will usually not be too much of a problem because the runner knows if he don't get down he's gonna get drilled.

Thanks
DAvid