Reply to "Runner on first runs to RF"

pilsner500+ posts

Abandoning the base line or abandoned effort doesn't apply to this play. Abandoned effort only applies when a runner, believing there is no further play, heads for his defensive position or his dugout and the umpire judges that the runner is abandoning his effort to run the bases.
OBR 7.08(a)(2)
NFHS (Fed) 8.4.2 p

The runner, in this case, has simply chosen to take his lead in right field. There is no rule that dictates where a runner must take his lead.
The objective is to get the defense to throw the ball away from the plate so the runner at 3b can easily score.

If you go to page 2 of this forum (Ask the Umpire) and click on Baseline Question originally posted by amaump you'll find a lot of discussion regarding this play.

10/20/057:59 AM

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