base running appeals

[Rich]

The same reason the softball people try to defend the same nomenclature -- because it's different.

I tried having this argument with someone once and I kept saying, "what's easier, R2 or R1 on second" and I had a softball umpire actually argue that "R1 on second" actually makes more sense. It's impossible to argue with such illogic.

Thankfully, Carl has eliminated all that nonsense and translated FED-speak when writing the BRD.