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Read 8-2-2 carefully: "A returning runner shall retouch the bases in reverse order. If the ball is dead because of an uncaught foul, it is not necessary for a returning runner to retouch intervening bases. The umpire wil not make the ball alive until the runner returns to the appropriate base." Note that it says returns and not touches.
Then read 8-3-9: "Each runner shall touch his base after the ball becomes dead." But there is no penalty listed.
Now if you have 2006 BRD go to page 260 and read up on this subject. In summary:
FED: return to vicinity
NCAA: retouch
OBR: Same as NCAA, however AO by Evans indicates professional umpires routinely put the ball back in play when the runner is in vicinity
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