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Originally Posted by yankeesfan
runner on 1st, ball hit to short who throws to 2nd base, 2nd baseman comes off the bag early and throws to first. the throw to first went over the first basemans head. runner that was on first thought he was out started walking to the dugout and was near the pitchers mound when he realized he was safe. he than ran to third and the batter took off for second, everyone was safe. did that runner give himself up when he headed to the dugout?
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"When he headed for the dugout" - abandonment should require judgement involving reasonable distance to the duguout, and no intent to advance. Is the pitching mound reasonable distance, probably not. Did the runner have no intent to advance, probably not, since he tried once he realized. If the ball went dead when it went over F3's head, I would rule R1 out if he had made no effort to advance prior to ball going dead. If the ball did not go dead then R1 may advance to 3b if he showed intent to correct his baserunning error, and was no farther to the dugout than the pitcher's mound.