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From: rs@hou3c.UUCP (Bob Switzer)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Getting to 1st without a hit, revisited
Message-ID: <1017@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 15:31:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 30 15:31:43 1985
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You absolutely CANNOT steal 1st base from 2nd base.  And
You cannot steal 2nd base from 3rd base.  I don't recall
the specific rule, but basically once you've made
a particular base ( in the normal act of base running, as
opposed to being required to go back by an umpires ruling
on a previous play ), and play stops, you can't go back to the previous base.
During a play, you can return to the base you were on at the
start of play by "re-touching" all bases crossed (e.g. if you
had to tag up on a fly ball and you had already crossed the
following base).

I hope the above makes sense to you, and I hope someone
can post the relevant rules.
Enjoy...
-- 
R. Switzer @ AT&T Bell Labs
Rm. 3L-434 / Crawford Corner Rd.
Holmdel NJ 07733 phn:1(201)949 5133
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