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Wow. What a @$#%*(&. Where the @%@# did that hostility come from?
1) I was hoping that the "certified answer" you got was actually definitive, since we seriously lack a "definitive" answer here. Apparently, it wasn't. Apparently you got it from your hairdresser's sister's step-cousin who used to be married to a truckdriver that had a manicurist who was a part-time umpire. My mistake. (If it truly was Jim Evans, as you imply but do not state, then I'd like to know which rule HE's using for support, since I can't find it).
2) I'm not trying to have any cake and eat it too. You saw my response (perhaps the fact that it was written in plain English made it beyond your capabilities). There's no rule support to recognize abandonment or desertion by the BR DURING a play. I clearly stated that I would not call a BR out for entering the dugout while play still continued, and would even not rule him out if he were to run back on the field and get to first base. That is consistent within itself - no multiple cakes problem here. Since I'm not calling him out until play ceases, the force remains in effect.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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