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Old Thu Aug 23, 2012, 10:03pm
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BR Retreats To Avoid Tag
Reds/Phils game tonight. Sac bunt. F3 fields it and runs towards BR. BR backs up (ie back towards home plate) and F3 somehow forgets to tag him. BR goes to first and is safe.

A few people have said he should have been out because "you're not allowed to back up between home and first."

I've never heard that and couldn't find it in reading OBR.

Anyone?
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Old Thu Aug 23, 2012, 10:29pm
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Reds/Phils game tonight. Sac bunt. F3 fields it and runs towards BR. BR backs up (ie back towards home plate) and F3 somehow forgets to tag him. BR goes to first and is safe.

A few people have said he should have been out because "you're not allowed to back up between home and first."

I've never heard that and couldn't find it in reading OBR.

Anyone?

Legal in baseball.
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Old Thu Aug 23, 2012, 11:14pm
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I saw the play on SportsCenter and I would not call that retreating as much as avoiding the tag. It looked like he only took a couple of steps backward and then went around the fielder that made a bad tag attempt.

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Old Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:19am
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I saw the play on SportsCenter and I would not call that retreating as much as avoiding the tag. It looked like he only took a couple of steps backward and then went around the fielder that made a bad tag attempt.

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While agree with your assertion, in FP softball that is an out and a dead ball and all runners are to return to their base...would need clarifiction from a FP umpire regarding runners on base.
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Old Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:39am
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While agree with your assertion, in FP softball that is an out and a dead ball and all runners are to return to their base...would need clarifiction from a FP umpire regarding runners on base.
I have a suggestion, have them stop doing softball and then this will be more clear.

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Old Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:29pm
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How many references to softball are we going to have on the baseball forum? Oh... there is another one.
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Old Mon Aug 27, 2012, 12:14pm
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I have a suggestion, have them stop doing softball and then this will be more clear.

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Old Thu Aug 23, 2012, 11:25pm
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Reds/Phils game tonight. Sac bunt. F3 fields it and runs towards BR. BR backs up (ie back towards home plate) and F3 somehow forgets to tag him. BR goes to first and is safe.

A few people have said he should have been out because "you're not allowed to back up between home and first."

I've never heard that and couldn't find it in reading OBR.

Anyone?
It's legal in baseball. Not in softball.

In baseball you have to return all the way to the plate to be out.

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Old Fri Aug 24, 2012, 06:56am
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Common baseball myth. :shrug:
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Old Fri Aug 24, 2012, 09:22am
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"you're not allowed to back up between home and first."
TRUE!!!!

(If you're playing softball)
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