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Bluezebra - in your situation, BR should be running to 1st base anyway. If it's ball 4, and it's loose, she should be thinking about second base. If it's strike 3, and it's loose, she should be heading to first on a dropped 3rd strike (and maybe also thinking about second base).
Here's my issue with all of those advocating calling timeout for a check swing appeal:
What if there are 2 strikes, and it bounced on the way in. You can't call time for the appeal - this would remove batters right to try for 1st base if it turns out she did swing.
As long as there is a lull in the action (not necessarily even a complete stoppage), there's nothing preventing you from running the appeal during a live ball. I wouldn't do the appeal while BU had other duties (i.e. no lull in the action), but there's no reason to stop play. Defense has to stay aware when there are runners in play not to ignore them during such an appeal - we're not there to protect them from not paying attention.
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