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Originally posted by mcrowder
Ooo - that's a great question, Dakota.
Mike R - if there's a live ball appeal in effect (i.e. runner misses the base), and fielder tags the runner without necessarily indicating she's making an appeal - do we assume she is?
3 examples (assume for all three that F3 merely tags runner without saying anything or otherwise indicating she's appealing the missed bag) -
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ASSUMING THEY ALL MISSED 1B:
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1) runner overruns first, continues straight, and is walking back to first base in foul ground when she's tagged.
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Assuming the BR did nothing to give me the impression s/he was going to attempt to go to 2nd, it depends on the reaction of 1B. If it is obvious to me that she is aware the base was missed and is chasing her down, I consider that an obvious appeal. If she is just nonchalantly hanging near the base and just slaps the runner with no comment or indication of the purpose, it is nothing.
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2) runner overruns first, thinks the ball got away and makes a half-step toward second, realizes the ball is in F3's glove, and walks back to first base when she's tagged (assume, in this case, that had there been no live-ball appeal in effect, her movement to 2nd was enough that you'd be calling her out when tagged anyway)
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Out. The rule states that a runner who does this is and is tagged. (8.7.H)
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3) runner overruns first, makes the half-step toward second, and tries to dive back to first base under the tag, and is tagged.
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If I believed that "half-step" was intent, same as #2
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Do you treat these three situations the same, or differently?
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In the two plays where the runner places themselves in jeopardy, they are out when tagged by rule, this is not an appeal play.