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It took me a minute, but now I see what mc is saying, and I agree. There is a statement in the rule book (not sure if it is ASA, NFHS or both books) that a runner that has passed a base is assumed to have touched that base. In the situation that we are talking about, only if a proper appeal is made for missing the base, should the runner be called out. Using that statement (forgive me for not having page number available, but maybe SRW can look it up) you act as if the runner touched the white portion, and if tagged while only touching the safety base (which is now only dirt), the runner would be called out on the appeal (fielder tagging the runner). Essentially, the runner is not called out for failing to tag up, but rather for being off the base and getting tagged.