missed 1st base mechanic - The Official Forum

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Mon Mar 16, 2009, 08:54pm

yawetag

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Quote:

Originally Posted by waltjp

If a runner beats a throw to a base but misses the base he's assumed to have touched it.

FED 8-3-8: "A runner acquires the right to the proper unoccupied base if he touches it before he is out."

I don't see anything about assuming he touched it if he passes over it.

FWIW, I've learned from here to call it like others have been taught, but I don't agree with it.

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