Re: Baseball Rules Question: You make the call
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I don't really see that theres that much advantage for the fielding team to do this if there is only one runner on, as long as the batter jogs the 90 feet to first.
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the advantage is not in the double play, it's the fact that the lead runner was on. as in the sox-nyy game, it was a pinch-runner, so the sox lost a player for that game.
question, if the runner is taging, and the IFR is not called, why can't the fielders throw to first, tagging the runner BEFORE stepping on the bag for the DP? the runner is forced out of first?
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