There was nobody on the bases, the ball was hit to the shortstop and thrown to first, the first basemen stepped on first then stepped off the bag to tag the runner going to first. When he tagged the runner he dropped the ball. I was wondering if the base runner was safe or out.
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There was nobody on the bases, the ball was hit to the shortstop and thrown to first, the first basemen stepped on first then stepped off the bag to tag the runner going to first. When he tagged the runner he dropped the ball. I was wondering if the base runner was safe or out.
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