Runners requesting time

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by mick

How 'bout ...

R1 goes 1st to 3rd on long single to left center. BR 2 steps off 1st.
SS gets ball 30' out on the grass and takes a coupla steps in and requests time. Neither runner is looking to advance.

Grant it or not.

Not ... not until the ball's in the circle and everything has stopped.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Not ... not until the ball's in the circle and everything has stopped.

Mountaineer and mcrowder,
Thanks.
That works.

[SWFLguy]

I had what turned out to be an amusing situation in a game
this year. A batter runner had a long single to the outfield and decided
to stretch it into a double. Unfortunately her legs slipped out from under her after she rounded 1st base and she tumbled (you know what over
teakettle) onto the infield. She rolled over and sat up gving the "T-sign"
for time out. I quickly assessed that she was not injured because she was
actually laughing about it, and denied any time out. The opposing team
meanwhile had relayed the ball back and she was tagged out. We both had a chuckle.
Of course had she really been injured I would have killed play right there
so that she could have been attended to.