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Fri Jun 13, 2008, 09:13pm

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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

On another board, a very knowledgeable umpire suggested the rule of thumb, "More than halfway to the advance base" (I'm paraphrasing) in order to legitimize the move.

For a professional game (or probably even "good" college ball), that strikes me as an appropriate rule of thumb.

At one time, long ago, that was the interpretation used by MLB. however, it has since been officially thrown into the trash heap to which it belongs.

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