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blu has amended his statement to include the word intentionally ... which I think we would all agree with.
To answer the question as to what it would take for me, as umpire, to recognize this as an appeal instead of just a touching of the base, it usually presents itself. I can give examples, but they would by no means be exhaustive:
The most common is players/coaches yelling at the player to touch the base again, the recognition on the player's face that he needs to touch the base, and then the touching of the base.
2nd most common is probably the player stepping on the bag a second time and looking toward an umpire or pointing at the player.
Anything that leads you, the umpire, to believe that he's touching the bag separately from the original play is almost definitely an appeal.
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