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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
Steve, I agree with your original post. How can R1 retrace her steps when she has already entered the dugout? Maybe I'm missing something here.
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By rule, R1 can't eliminate the missed base once R1 leaves the field of play, but we still must allow all runners to complete their running responsibilities before awarding bases, and then before accepting a dead ball appeal.
You know, and I know, that on appeal, the runner must be out, but, I think we can consider the liklihood that R1 will want to try to retrace his/her steps. My point is that we have to let her, because
R1 (and probably R1's coach) thinks R1 has to return at that point. If that foolishly deters the defense from making the appeal, so be it; but, before we award bases, we have to let them finish running. And the dead ball appeal has to wait for all that to be completed; we cannot respond to the effort of F2, despite it being clear what F2 intends.
In most cases, simply wasting time, but that is the process.