running out of baseline?

[jicecone]

Originally posted by mcrowder
Sorry for offending, Tim. I assure you (and think I've proven over time here - ironically ON the internet) that I'm not just an internet umpire.

To me, this semantic difference is important, and is often the reason that otherwise good umpires (on the field, not the net) often get this rule wrong. (And OBR didn't help with their misprint). I stress this difference at both my umpires' clinics and my coaches' clinics.

When you tell someone there's no such rule about running out of a baseline, you make them think. You make them define what they really meant, and apply the rules to the case at hand

I guarantee that if there was no myth that running outside the baseline was illegal, the initial post would not have ever been a question in anyone's mind.

Come on MC....Aren't we getting too technical here, and smoozing up to Tim too????

BRD 2005 Section: 411 "RUNNER: ESTABLISHES BASE PATH"

Tom Lepperd, Director of Umpire Administration for MLB states, "the moment a fielder with the ball sprints toward a runner, the runner's baseline is now a direct line between his position and any base."

I guess he misread their "misprint" too.

I can appreciate your endeavor to get it right but.