PWL,
In regards to your TOP vs. TOT point, I basically agree under FED rules. If the runner had reached/passed a base beyond his TOP base at the time the errant throw was released, and then manages to return past that base before the ball actually becomes dead, his award is made from his TOP or "original" base.
In regards to the scoring question, I would say that the only time a "third out appeal" (or advantageous fourth out, for that matter) is "run-nullifying" is under the following conditions:
1. A runner who scored is successfully appealed (obviously, his run is nullifed)
2. A runner who scored had other runners score behind him and was successfully appealed (both the appealed runner and any following runners who had "apparently" scored have their runs nullified)
3. A forced runner is successfully appealed for "missing" his "forced to" base or a BR is successfuly appealed for "missing" 1B - no run can score on the play.
Under all other conditions, the appeal is treated as a "timing play" for purposes of run-nullification.
JM
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