re: Sam Houston hits game-tying homer against LA Tech… Misses home plate

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again, the ball isnt in play how can the player be recorded out?

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In all major sanctions of baseball (and softball with the exception of homers in beer leagues) all awarded bases must be touched in their proper order, live ball or dead ball. And it’s been that way forever.

Properly appealed, runners can be declared out for missing a base.

On a difficulty scale of 1-10, for most of us, hitting a 90+ mph fastball out of a park is a 10. Touching home plate is a .00001 on that same scale.