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You are correct, Bob, with your PBUC reference. Base abandonment generally isn't "invoked" when a B-R retreats toward home or just stops on his way to first waiting to be tagged, mainly because SOMEone ends up tagging him. (Of course, if no tag is ever applied and the B-R just walks off the field, he can be called out for abandonment.) In the situation detailed here, once the batter-runner reaches home plate, he is to be declared out. NCAA interp. is the same.
BTW, if said B-R is obstructed during his retreat, it is to be called only if it is intentional.
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