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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
Justme,
I think he is saying that the appeal has to be unmistakable, and that a fielder can't just kick the base out of frustration, or accidentally touch it in passing.
As long as it its obvious to everyone that it is an appeal, a live ball appeal need not be verbalized, unless multiple runners are involved. Then you would need to specify which runners' action you are appealing.
The case book situations he is refering to are on page 71, 8.4.2 Situations A and B.
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Steve,
Thanks for the response.
I see the 8.2.3 ruling as an entirely different situation from 8.4.2. While they both deal with a missed base 8.2.3 is talking about 1B in particular, and provides two factors that are different from 8.4.2 A&B: (1) a force play is being made on the runner & (2) is the result of continuing action. As you know there's a big difference between over-running 1B versus the other bases, the runner is allowed to return to 1B without being tagged out unless.......
If a runner over-runs the other bases and the F has the ball he's going to be tagged out, or make it back the the base.
In 8.4.2 Situation A it clearly states that F3 kicks the bag in disguest, he's not continuing the play, that's different than what 8.2.3 states. In Situation B F6 isn't making a play either, again different from 8.2.3.
There is either no force play and/or continuing action in Situation 8.4.2 A&B. That makes it different from 8.2.3 and helps explain to me why 8.2.3 is handled differently in the case book.