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Reply to "How were these handled?"

First on the CI. Personally, I would not do it that way but I have no problem with that approach. To me, it is similar to looking at a batter's hand to see if there is evidence the ball hit him instead of the bat. Just another tool to try and get the call right.

On the second scenario, there are a number of variables that makes it impossible to second guess his judgment. Because the runner was 6-8' away from his path going to back to 2B as he was going 3B has no bearing on whether he should be called out for being out of the basepath. He has 3' either way from HIS basepath AT the time a tag attempt is made. This is all his judgment. My guess is that he regretted using the "where the cleatmarks are" comment as soon as he said it. Not the best response he could have made but his judgment is the only one that counts.

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