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Originally Posted by CoachJM
There is one school of thought that says if he were already past 2B at the TOT, you would provisionally award him home as well, and then, in the event he went back and retouched 1B (while the ball was dead), you would adjust the award to be an award of 3B.
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I would hope it's not quite that subjective.
I believe according to OBR (I don't have any materials in front of me, but am looking at MLB's Official Rules online), the award on an overthrow is dictated by "the position" of the runner at the time the ball leaves the fielder's hand. I would assume that "position" is dictated by last base touched, or assumed to have touched, and not last base
legally touched. I know that the rule in softball has the phrase "last base touched" in it - note the absence of the word "legally." I'm sure some of the baseball umpire gurus on here could clarify with regard to the exact wording of the OBR.
This means that the runner from 3B is awarded home (and can still retouch home plate on their way to 3B, since no succeeding runner has crossed), and the runner from 1B is (unless they had touched 2B before the throw was released, with or without tagging up at 1B, in which case they would be awarded home) awarded 3B. The runners are then required to legally touch all bases necessary to complete their baserunning responsibilities. If they do not, the defense has the ability to appeal.
This removes all "school of thought" subjectivity in applying the rules and awarding bases.
Knowledgeable baseball umpires - is this the same in baseball, like I hope it is?