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Old Wed May 23, 2012, 11:48am
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Kind of like Hrbek in the 1991 Series?
Careful... you'll be banned from MN for questioning that obviously correct call!
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Old Wed May 23, 2012, 11:52am
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Since Hrbek was brought up (of course, we knew it would be), the umpire that made the call explained that the runner has to maintain control of his body after contact with the bag, and that (in his judgment) Gant was falling off the base and would have broken contact with or without Hrbek.

You can't make the same argument for the play in this thread, but you can make the comparison that MNBlue did... if a (legal) collision can cause the loss of control of the ball, why can't a (legal) collision cause the loss of contact with the bag?

Change the timing of the play by just a fraction of a second... tag is applied just before the foot touches the bag, but the collision causes the ball to fall out. Safe, right? Why does the offense get the right to demonstrate loss of control of the ball, but the defense doesn't have the parallel right to demonstrate loss of control of the body in maintaining contact with the bag?

BTW, I would not have ruled that an out in amateur fastpitch, but the discussion is interesting...
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Old Wed May 23, 2012, 11:53am
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Careful... you'll be banned from MN for questioning that obviously correct call!
But he will be welcomed here in Atlanta!
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Old Wed May 23, 2012, 12:22pm
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Safe in ASA. Safe in NCAA SB. Safe in Dixie. Safe in USSSA. Safe in USFA. Safe in NFHS. Safe in LL SB.

Safe in MLB. Safe in other OBR. Safe in NCAA BB. Safe in Pony. Safe in LL BB.

I'm sure I missed a few, but I hope I was clear in my opinion.

(I do agree that it's rather odd that this is not officially covered by the rules in ANY of these codes).

(Hrbek ruling was bad as well, but it was bad in judgement and not rule. There's no way Gant's momentum suddenly causes his leg to lift straight up.)
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