[Andy]

I can see this turning into a big mess.

I think I would wait to see the reactions of the teams involved. If the defense starts acting like the game is over by going into their dugout and gathering their stuff, then I'm leaving. If they remain on the field because they or their coach knows the situation, then I'm going to hang out a bit longer to see what happens.

What I can envision is the defensive coach wanting to come ask about the situation while the ball is still live, ie., before the BR has neither touched first or entered DBT. I can't grant time at that point to talk to the coach, so I have to put up the stop sign. This action may tip off the offense that the BR needs to go touch first base. More the fault of the defensive coach, so I'm not as worried about that. About all the defense can do is wait to see what the B/R does.

So I guess the answer to Manny's question is that we wait as long as needed.....