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Gee:
Actually, the only area where you & I now have any disagreement is on the interpretation of 7.10(b), and I still have no authoritative source on that one. I think Kallix's point is the same as mine, we seem to be asking basically the same question. I used and referenced BRD 'cause I don't own [yet] a J/R or JEA, and CC has printed the most Official Interpretaions [ORB/MLB & otherwise] currently available to me.
The OFF INTERP I mentioned [11-10] is the one I think you are talking about ["extend" 7.10(d) to all bases]: unfortunately, what CC has in the BRD simply doesn't say what you say. Not that there can't be an official/authoritative interpretation your way, just that I have not seen it yet.
And, for what it's worth, our difference of opinion may be only one of semantics or degree. I think we agree that a runner can be "appealed" for an out on any missed base once he is no longer in the immediate vicinity and is making no effort to return; and we agree [I think] that if he IS in the vicinity and trying to get back, he must be tagged, not just the base. I'll have to think on this some more to see if the remaining distinction makes any difference; and of course I remain open to a citation to "black letter law" by recognised General Authority which speaks directly to the point.
--Carter
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