Talk:Baserunning

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Should we combine baserunning and baserunner? --Locarno 21:42, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Oops

My edit log for my recent edit should read:

rv, see rule 6.09(b). He is a runner while on the way to first base, even if thrown/tagged out.

-- Coneslayer 2005 July 6 14:27 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll go read the rule, but what I don't understand is this: If the third stike is not caught and first base is open, the batter is not simply awarded first base, he always has to run there. Is this not true?

OK, nevermind, I see my problem. I misunderstood the claus leading up to the list as meaning "being on base" rather than "becoming a baserunner". So I understand now why my edit was incorrect. Thanks! Synaptidude 6 July 2005 19:07 (UTC)

No problem, I figured you were thinking along those lines. My brain sometimes gets twisted around reading the official rules, too. -- Coneslayer 2005 July 6 19:20 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging up, leave when touched or caught?

I've changed the wording to "legally caught" because this is what the MLB rule 7.08(d) says:

Any runner is out when (d) He fails to retouch his base after a fair or foul ball is legally caught before he, or his base, is tagged by a fielder.

As I understand it, a bobbled ball is not legally caught until the fielder has secure posession of it. Thus a baserunner has to wait, and can't break on first touch. If I am misunderstanding the rule, please feel free to explain how. (The rules are available at mlb.com, BTW.) -- Coneslayer 15:58, 2005 July 11 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I've wondered, is there any kind of rule on what happens when a baserunner is hit by the ball after another player hits it? Kraki 01:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep. Assuming it has not bounded directly past a fielder, that runner is out for interference. See also Interference_(baseball)#Offensive_interference. Locarno 18:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

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