[mrm21711]

Originally posted by CoachJM
rickfriedmann,

As DG and UofIBlue have already told you, the PU is spouting utter nonsense in regard to the situation you describe.

But, as DG noted, you ask the interesting question:

Since you asked....

Oddly enough, there sort of is. This "set of facts" differs from your sitch in one material respect, but I believe it is relevant to the question you pose.

Let's say that instead of the defense properly tagging 2B before the R1 reaches it, the R1 doesn't just "dawdle" in his advance towards 2B - he flat out quits! As a result, the umpire declares him out for abandonment and the defense doesn't bother to legally tag 2B before the R1 reaches it. He's already out, why bother?

Let's further imagine that the R3 touched home before the umpire judged that the R1 had abandoned his effort to run the bases.

In that case, the run would score! At least that's what J/R says.

JM

Thats why rules knowledge separates the good from the great umpires!