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Rick - you can't call a girl out for abandoning a base if she stays in the field of play. There is no actual rule that says a runner on third can't run toward first before going home. Play is not over unless she actually leaves the field.
On the other hand, can we even call her out if she enters the dugout... she's been forced home on the base award to the BR. Is she out for missing home if she's not appealled for missing it?
Consider a less complex case. Bases loaded, none out. Batter walks, R1 on third simply jogs to her dugout (on the 1st base side), and defense doesn't appeal. Is this an out or a run?
In the original sitch, R1 is not out, is still on the field of play, and defense has not officially abandoned the infield to nullify their chances at an appeal. We are in limbo.
Mike's solution is clean, and I'm not looking for nits. But if this was a tourney game, I'd DAMN well better be sure all play is over before I leave.
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