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Absolutely. If the umpire ruled out on appeal because they had the secondary toe stretch beat the runner, all good. That said, if I recall correctly, it was upheld on replay review.

No, not in my opinion. A fielder's foot happening to touch the base while diving to catch the ball is not an "unmistakable appeal".

Nice. I have the same. It flies very well. Nice and true.

Then what? Reset the runs as @noumpere said? Weren't all the other runners tagged while not in contact with a base?

+1 for the running shoes Asics Novablast 4 have been very very good to me. Zero traction issues in dry/wet or dirt/grass. Only thing on these wide higher foam shoes that I've encountered is it can be quite easy to roll your ankle if you catch an edge.

Did we touch on the end of 6.01(a)(10)? That seems to at least put to bed not scoring the run on intentional interference (which escalated this from the whole stick being poopy to the whole stick being made of poop, imo). 6.01 (a)(10) If the batter-runner is adjudged not to have hindered a fielder attempting to make a play on a batted ball, and if the base runner’s interference is adjudged not to be intentional, the batter-runner shall be awarded first base;

But the barrel head did go past 45 degrees (the MLB tested replay standard) and his hip and body (for the NCAA & NFHS inclined) 🤣

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And no penalty if F1 drops the ball during this? Interestingly (to me at least), LL has "8.05(j) With runners on base, it is an illegal pitch [or balk at non-small field levels] when the pitcher, while touching the plate, accidentally or intentionally drops the ball;"

I follow your argument (and 99.9% agree) but your hypothetical is only kind of true in NFHS (since the ball was dead with the balk nothing else after ever matters) and not true in NCAA and OBR (R1 stays at 3B in that situation).

So @TheLovejoy I'll extend this to you: your position (said without malice) is the run scores. Does that change with intentional INT to prevent a catch for 3rd out - which means the run would NOT score?

Agreed. 1) No advantage gained. 2) Spirit and intent of the rule. So @BigBlue4u & @maven, your position (said without malice) is the run scores. Does that change with intentional INT to prevent a catch for 3rd out - which means the run would NOT score?

And/or "Coach, why should you benefit from committing Interference?"

While I agree . . . there is a contingent of umpires who argue that if it is written that way, that must be the way TPTB want it to be. Exactly the reason for jury nulli... um, so, um. Yeah. Moving on. Fun read: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/

Problem with that (and not arguing the rule but the incentives it creates) is on the @jimurrayalterego described high popup R3 crosses the plate, BR reaches 1B, R2 INT voila run scores. If the ball had been caught, no run would score. Why wouldn't the offset INT? And if the argument is that's different since intentional (putting aside plausible deniability intentionality we see occur), what's the cite for no run scores?

What if the INT was intentional? It wasn't being done to prevent a double play (since there were two outs), so does the run still score? Interesting situation. @johnnyg08 = 😈

Agreed. It looks minimal (especially in comparison to the Cobalt). Feels like a return monster that would be good to avoid up front. https://www.amazon.com/EvoShield-Pro-SRZTM-Vented-Skull-Cap/dp/B0BGQWRFD2/

I've been part of it once. I went out, PU ran the loop, and RF gunned BR at 3B. It was awesome.

At least it's the right uniform number #TheKid

Agree that you go hyperbolic ("but nobody really talks about how much our appearance on the field shapes the way coaches, players, and fans treat us" - really? Every umpire training I've ever been to has touched this) to hawk your services?

If he had stepped early, how would that be considered under the clarification language in 8-7-c? That is nearly verbatim with OBR where, in application, F2 is given great leeway when the throw comes from an infielder.

Agreed. They don't care about margin of error or understanding results vs risk in their own lives so they certainly don't care about those things in their entertainment.

A already happened less extreme example Untitled.mov

Thank for posting that, as well as the feint one. Do you think the feint one was secretly a double pass rule call?

Nice job @Thunderheads. So now you got that going for you, which is nice.