base awards

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by Rich Ives

1) Award home, otherwise you are telling the defense that he has to retag. If the runner goes back and re-tags, THEN you change the award to third base.

R1 running on the pitch.

You are not telling the defense anything that they already do not know.

R1 was off with pitch and the ball was caught.

Everyone in the park knows that R1 has to go back and retouch first base.

The award in the scenario given is third base.

Here's where you award the runner home base.

R1: B1 singles

R1 misses second base and is trying for third. The defense in making a play on R1 at third base and throws the ball into DBT.

In the aforementioned scenario even though R1 missed second base you still award R1 home because if you didn't then you just told the defense that R1 missed second base.

2 totally different situations.

In the first situation you award the runner third because everyone knew that R1 had to retag 1st base and you are not "tipping the balance of power".

In the second scenario you award the runner home because to do otherwise you are "tipping the balance of power"

Pete Booth