Can defense make play after leaving field ?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by DUNDALKCHOPPER

Andy- I was just looking for some consistant basis for my inquiry. If the offense can't come back out, why allow the defense ?

Regarding the offense you have to have SOME line to draw to define when the offensive player is no longer trying to advance. In some codes of baseball on a D3K, that line is the dirt circle around the plate. In softball, it's the dugout. Having some sort of parallel rule for the defense is meaningless and irrelevant. You're looking for consistency where none is necessary.