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Okay.
Runner running fast and wide (near the grass on a small dirt infield) from 1B to 2B on a line drive that is hit to deep left field and unexpectedly caught (runner thought they were going to be heading to 3B at least, hence the wide approach to 2B from 1B). Seeing the catch and the throw in to the cutoff (F6) or even for example's sake, directly toward F5 on/near 2B, the runner slows to return back to 1B, and instead of skidding to a halt and backtracking in his/her original steps, continues to run and turn back toward 1B inside the diamond, in what turns out to be a fairly wide, eliptical path, perhaps even passing more near the pitcher's rubber than the direct line between 1B and 2B on his/her way back to 1B. You do not rule this runner out for running out of the basepath, despite the fact that they are seeking to avoid a possible put-out or "tag" back in the direction he/she is coming from, do you?
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