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Originally Posted by youngump
I agree with you that once B5 is called out there's no way to take the run off the board.
The test question is from USA.
But the NCAA language creates the same problem. The runner did not miss the base. She abandoned her baserunning responsibilities.
Let's just change this test question and take it deeply into dream land. Both teams had lost track of the inning and it's only the bottom of the 6th. The "winning" (go-ahead) run comes in to score. The players from the bases come in to celebrate with her touching home plate. No one appeals anything. The chaos settles with both teams heading to their dugouts. Do those runs score (the runner from first just missed 2nd and 3rd) or do we have abandonment and call them out when they get into the dugout in which case no appeal would be necessary and the order they enter the dugout would decide whether the first run scored?
To put it another way, there are two things I'm struggling with in this question. How does the ball become dead for a dead ball appeal and second how does one appeal that a runner ran from first to home instead of first to second?
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Sorry, just finished the NCAA test so that was on my mind...the due date is this weekend. I haven't had my USA meeting for the year yet, so that code isn't on my mind.
Your two questions are good. I'll have to dig out my USA books and see what I find.