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Because he's blocking the plate....if the first baseman stood in the baseline, like a catcher does, to catch the throw, he'd get barreled into.....catchers need to quit blocking the plate...it's illegal anyway, if they haven't got the ball yet....but umps don't enforce it......and even if they've got the ball, they are stupid to stand there like a blocking dummy...get to the side and use your glove and off-hand to apply a tag.....everyone makes the mistake of blaming the runner.....it wasn't Pete Rose's fault that Fosse was an idiot.....
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