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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Generally agreed until this statement. This one too general for me.
How do you judge if she was "assisted" if you won't consider that the touch may or may not have been a factor in her baserunning?
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Steve, I was talking of "that touch" that helps the runner, per my previous sentence. I honestly cannot envision a scenario where a coach touches a runner to help her, and we still have to judge if the runner would have achieved the base without that touch. The rule isn't like the obstruction rule where we can essentially ignore the infraction if it ends up having zero impact on the play. Any touch to help the runner should be called assistance.
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Sat Oct 26, 2013, 06:52am
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