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As posted, I have BR on 3rd and THEN an out.
Why? Catcher carried a live ball into dead ball territory... BR to 3rd. Then F2 made what to me seems like an unmistakeable dead ball appeal (it's dead now that he entered DBT) on the runner. I don't think F2's actions can be construed as anything but an appeal. So I now have R1 out and the run off the board.
Now... the OP starts the thread with the phrase, "Dead Ball Appeal". If this was meant to imply that for some reason the ball was made dead (someone called time?) before F2 followed R1 into the dugout, then all we have is an out on R1, and a brief explanation to F2 that he doesn't have to go into the other team's dugout for this, and probably shouldn't to avoid any potential problems.
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