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NFHS touching of base?


R.C.

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R1 steps back onto the base but his foot is on top of F4's foot which is on top of the base and no part of R1's foot is actually touching the base.  Is he out when tagged or is he legally touching the base?

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8 hours ago, R.C. said:

R1 steps back

Okay. “R1” = Runner at/on 1B… yes? Or are you using the old, outdated NFHS nomenclature of “R1” = the lead runner on base, who in my purported scenario, is on/at, say, 2B? 

8 hours ago, R.C. said:

steps back onto the base but his foot is on top of F4's foot which is on top of the base

Which base? Because if F4 is involved, then it’s likely 2B, and saying “step back on” means this is probably a pickoff attempt… 

8 hours ago, R.C. said:

Is he out when tagged or is he legally touching the base?

@Tog Gee has a point… has the Runner been tagged? Does F4 have the ball? We can’t rule Out or Safe until we have a play… and that involves the ball… and some other ingredients.

Hey, details matter. 

Recipe incomplete. 

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4 hours ago, MadMax said:

Okay. “R1” = Runner at/on 1B… yes? Or are you using the old, outdated NFHS nomenclature of “R1” = the lead runner on base, who in my purported scenario, is on/at, say, 2B? 

Which base? Because if F4 is involved, then it’s likely 2B, and saying “step back on” means this is probably a pickoff attempt… 

@Tog Gee has a point… has the Runner been tagged? Does F4 have the ball? We can’t rule Out or Safe until we have a play… and that involves the ball… and some other ingredients.

Hey, details matter. 

Recipe incomplete. 

Let's make this simple. 

1. Fielders foot is on top of base.

2 Runner's foot is on top of fielders foot.

3. Two scenarios:

  a. Fielder tags runner.  Out or safe?

  b. Fielder receives throw for a force out.  Out or safe?

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A: Is the Runner’s foot in contact with the base? – No. It’s not in contact with the base, since it’s in contact with the fielder’s foot between. Thus, if tagged → Out. 

B: Did the Runner beat the ball-&-fielder-in-possession-of-ball to the base? – No. The FIPoB touched the base before the Runner did. Thus, Out. 

Pretty simple logic. 

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25 minutes ago, MadMax said:

A: Is the Runner’s foot in contact with the base? – No. It’s not in contact with the base, since it’s in contact with the fielder’s foot between. Thus, if tagged → Out. 

B: Did the Runner beat the ball-&-fielder-in-possession-of-ball to the base? – No. The FIPoB touched the base before the Runner did. Thus, Out. 

Pretty simple logic. 

MM..Agreed if fielder's foot was on the base first on a force play, the runner would be out.  However, if it was not a force play, could we possibly go with 10-2-g (HS) or 8.01c (MLB) ?

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On 5/19/2024 at 11:21 PM, R.C. said:

Is he out when tagged or is he legally touching the base?

These two options are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

The second is easy - no, he is not touching the base - legally, virtually, practically, technically, actually, or in any other way.

The first I'll leave to the experts here to determine if there is a case for OBS.

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