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Originally Posted by CommishJoe
I strongly disagree here about Cano making the right move by staying off the base. He made the right move to break toward 3rd when he saw Posada moving, but that was the only right move he made. Once they both ended up at 3rd base, Cano should have planted his butt squarely on the base and let Posada be tagged out. Cano would have been safe and the inning would have continued. Cano had no business remaining a foot off 3rd base. It was the biggest bone head move I've seen a Yankee baserunner make in a very long time, even dumber than Posada returning to 3rd.
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Did you read the rule? If Cano's on the bag and Posada returns to it, Cano (as the following runner) is out.
Granted, it might be a stretch to assume the umpire would get it right, but it looked to me like Cano knew the rule. He can't occupy that base if Posada is returning to it.