JJxvi said:You are wrong. There is no neighborhood play at second base anymore. Lead runners on double plays regular get called safe if the infielder doesnt have the ball while touching the base now and there have been video reviews of this as well. This has been in place since they started enforcing the slide rules for breaking up double plays.TXAggie2011 said:Quote:
What about the guy that has his foot off the bag for 3/4 of a second instead of 1/2 a second? Should we grant pity on him, too? You can call the rule dumb if you want, but it is pretty simple.
If you're not touching the base and you're tagged then you are out. Regardless if you're an inch away or a mile away. Out.
Doesn't mean the rule is being interpreted with common sense? It's plain as day - there is only one way to interpret the rule. See paragraph 2.
Every time a team turns a double play we re-interpret what's a clear rule and decide "what's good enough."
And we do it twice. The umpire decides whether the foot was close enough to the bag and if the fielder had the ball close enough in time to whenever the foot was close enough to the bag.
MLB is asking for threads like this because in other instances, they treat the rules the same way the OP wants this rule to be treated.
I do not believe they fully got rid of the neighborhood play in functionality. It's subject to replay. They still grant leeway and you can see this when watching games.