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Unless I really, really wanted to end the game (JK!), I would not have called the BR out.
Speaking ASA, Mike cited the rule where the BR places herself in jeopardy if she attempts 2nd. Obviously, this runner did not attempt 2nd.
Assuming she did not enter the dugout, she is still protected (IMO). My reasoning is:
1) While it is true that 8-8-I prescribes a situation of returning "directly" as when the BR is not out,
2) 8-7-H gives the only condition for the out call - attempt of 2nd base.
There is no place in the rule book where it states that the BR is out for returing indirectly to 1st after a legal overrun. You can't even apply the "more than 3' out of the basepath when a play is being attempted" since the basepath is defined as the line from the runner to the base.
Summary: BR was not out. OC only half right (sort of) - turning toward 2nd isn't the issue - making an attempt at 2nd is. DC is grasping at straws (and wrong).
Mike's right - it is dicey, and killing the ball would have helped, but BR safe is still correct (IMJ).
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Tom
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