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Old Mon Oct 12, 2009, 11:39pm
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There is nothing wrong with a runner retreating in the manner you described and there is no rule in baseball to prevent this. The assumption of the runner being out is a myth (in baseball).

Also, there is no "baseline". The runner establishes his baseline when the defense makes a play on him. So as long as there is no play being made on the runner, he can run just about anywhere he wants. The belief that there is an imaginary line between bases that the runner must follow is again, another myth.
what ur thinking of is the batter runner retreating back towards the plate in softball, which is an out. It's perfectly legal in baseball. Retreating elsewhere on the basepaths when forced is perfectly legal in both softball and baseball.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 01:39pm
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what ur thinking of is the batter runner retreating back towards the plate in softball, which is an out.
Only if it's done to avoid or delay a tag.

BTW, did you bother reading the entire thread? Or is all that proper sentence structure with capitalization and spelled-out words too onerous for you?
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 04:51pm
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Or is all that proper sentence structure with capitalization and spelled-out words too onerous for you?
It prolly is.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 04:10pm
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what ur thinking of is the batter runner retreating back towards the plate in softball, which is an out.
I can safely say with an enormous amount of certainty that Ozzy was NOT thinking about softieball.................


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