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I believe that was his point, and further that my initial reply in this thread was wrong - if no play is pending, and both runners are standing on the base, PU should call time and send runner back to 1B. But if she goes back on her own, she's out. Seems odd - but within the rules as written I can see this interpretation.
Only problems I'm having with it is the assumption that R1 and R2 are now claiming as "their" base second base, and the fact that calling time when it seems to me the play is not over feels wrong.
I can't justify the following in the rulebook, so I'm assuming I'm wrong ... but it seems to me that with the play still in action, we can't call time, and we can't call LBR - so R1 returning to first is still legal (only 1 stop) since she cannot have legally acquired second base. But like I said - I can't justify my logic with the rulebook, so I suppose if this ever actually happens (probably tonight!), I'll call time and send her back.
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