In situation 2, I can't see any call but safe. Even if ASA does not recognize "last time by," the runner touched 2B when returning to 1B. Why she returned—whether she was even aware that she missed 2B the first time around—should not matter.
I still find it hard to believe that there's no "last time by" ASA. Is there a relevant case play?
In any case, though I've always thought of situation 1 as "safe" because of last time by, I can see the reasoning for an out and will in fact call it if it happens. Number 2 seems quite different, since the touch follows the miss.
[Edited by greymule on Dec 29th, 2004 at 07:59 AM]
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