legal tag of first base by fielder

[sblood]

thanks for the reply. That was the call made on the field. The coaches argument that to tag a runner, they have to be tagged with the ball or a glove with the ball in it. He extrapolated this rule to a base tag as well. The umpire stuck with his call which apparently was right. Thanks again

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by sblood

The coaches argument that to tag a runner, they have to be tagged with the ball or a glove with the ball in it. He extrapolated this rule to a base tag as well.

Coach needs to do a little reading...

Under the definition of "A Tag", there are two separate definitions. One is for a tag of a runner. The other is for the tag of a base. They are different...no matter how much extrapolating you do!