# Baseball: baserunner retagging between every pitch?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-baserunner-retagging-between-every-pitch/166707>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 5, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-baserunner-retagging-between-every-pitch/166707 "2003-04-05T18:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-baserunner-retagging-between-every-pitch/166707/21 "2012-09-26T03:51:01Z")

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Moved from GQ to the Game Room.

Please note this thread was started nine years ago.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-baserunner-retagging-between-every-pitch/166707/22 "2012-09-26T04:10:24Z")

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And it may just be habit. In little league it is drilled into the players to go back to the base until the pitcher takes the rubber again.

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