What would you call?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Waiting for the BR to reach first before calling Time is a FED thing, not mentioned in OBR, or any interpretation I've ever seen. Please cite where it says otherwise.

Why would you think it was "a FED thing" to not call time while a legal runner is running the bases? I can see your stance if he stops in the box to remove batting gloves or whatnot ... but if you have a batter heading toward first after a BOB, you're doing him a disservice if you don't at least ensure he's not going to head past first before stopping play. It doesn't have to be written down that calling time while action is still possible is a bad thing.

Maybe for you it's a local OBR thing ... I assure you it's not in any area I've ever worked .. nor heard about until right now to be honest.