Player Leaving first base

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Originally Posted by outathm

In a game earlier today I had a player run to first and touch it, on a question- able Fair Ball call.

When she reached first base her first base coach told her to go back to home to bat. She did not touch first on the return trip to the plate. She was about 4-5 steps down the line and then ran back to first for a dive back in on a pick off attempt by the catcher.

Interested to hear what everyone thinks about whether or not she should have been out for look back if the ball was in the circle?

ASA was the rule set.

When you say questionable, do you mean the umpire hesitated or that the ball was probably foul and the umpire pointed fair, or even worse, offered a verbal "fair"?

If the ball was in the circle, sure. But if the throw came from the catcher, I find it difficult to believe the LBR was in effect without further description of the play.

BTW, don't care about how loud or who is saying what, the coach is responsible here.