baseline

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The base line is 3 feet either side of a direct line from the runner to a base at the time that a defender begins to make a play on the runner. For example. B2 takes a huge turn around 1st and is about 20' towards 2nd and 20' out onto the grass when the ball comes in to F3 who starts to chase B2, it's at that moment that you draw your line to each bag that B2 has to stay in. Let's say we also have an R1 that they decide to throw on during the play. Once the ball goes to someone playing on R1 then you erase that line that you had for B2 until they throw back to play on B2 at which point you create a new line. All that said just remember it's pretty much only going to be out of basepath if they take two steps away from a tag.