Umpires in the media

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

6.05j and 7.08e now read the same -- a runner is out if he is tagged *before* he touches the base. Since a tie is not "before", the runner is safe if there is a tie.

One of those said "a runner is out if he fails to touch the base before it is tagged." So, here, a tag meant an out.

Would you agree that FED still doesn't have the language aligned like MLB since 8-4-2j and 8-1-2Note seem to be in conflict with that?

Originally Posted by 8-4-2j

The runner is out when he:...fails to reach the next base before a fielder either tags the runner out or holds the ball while touching such base, after runner has been forced from the base he occupied because the batter became a runner (with ball in play) when other runners were on first base, or on first and second, or on first, second and third. There shall be no accidental appeals on a force play.

-Josh