Base Runner Leaves Early

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I think he was just trying to educate the OP on the proper terminology used in discussing UMPIRE issues, since the OP used the term "batted-runner" three times. It wasn't a typo, so correcting his terminology is perfectly acceptable.

Steve, as I pointed out, the actual LL rule that applies here uses the term "batter", not "batter-runner". So from a LL perspective the terminology was correct.

In the OP the poster said "batted runner" (no hyphen). A sign that the poster is new at this.

While in OBR and perhaps other places in the LL book "batter-runner" is the correct term, the use of just "batter" has to be considered acceptable in this case due to the actual wording of the rule.

Finally, as the situation was sent and received with complete understanding, communication was achieved. As long as this happens why nit-pick the actual language?