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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
A runner cannot be called out for failing to advance or abandoning a base.
They can be call out for doing this during a live ball by leaving the field of play and entering DBT.
If they do not leave the field of play, the umpire does not have the authority to rule the out solely for "failing to advance" or "abandoning a base".
I thought you guys would easily get that one. Y'all trying to think too much. 
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OK... ya got me, Mike. I wasn't paying attention and didn't notice that you were not referring to the presented scenario (which DID have the players entering the dugout), but to the simple "failing to advance" and "abandoning a base" as an isolated act.
Some rule books DO contain the "abandoning" by itself as an OUT. ASA does not. Entering the dugout (or leaving the field of play) during a live ball is what the OUT is for.