[greymule]

I think Roder is full of it on the "gross miss". If everyone in the park knows he missed the base and the umpire tries a "close enough" excuse to call him safe all hell would break loose.

Besides, I've seen (in MLB) players called out for missing by a lot less than a body length.

I suspect there's a misunderstanding here. Roder is talking only about a runner who misses a base but touches it "last time by." A gross miss cannot be corrected "last time by," but a "regular" miss can be.