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Baseball

brush

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2. Thank you. I love a person who know their baseball.

Reply to padfun (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 05:08 AM

Jul 2021

One other question: The batter is trying to stretch a double into a triple. The throw pulls the third baseman away from the bag. Can he just dive back to the bag and touch it with the ball in his glove to beat the sliding runner?

There's no one else on and the runner is in the act of sliding.

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A question about a fielder taking a throw at a base for an out. [View all] brush Jul 2021 OP

It depends on whether it is a forced out or not. padfun Jul 2021 #1

Thank you. I love a person who know their baseball. brush Jul 2021 #2

No, he has to touch the runner. padfun Jul 2021 #3

There are some scenarios like this on YouTube. Patterson Jul 2021 #4