bobby,
The MLBUM #6 contains the "unmistakeable" provision:
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(6) An appeal should be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by the player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire.
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(Steve, I posted the text of #3 in my post above.)
If the defense catches a batted ball in flight and then throws in the direction of a base that a runner obviously left early and has a retouch obligation, that qualifies in my mind as an "unmistakeable act".
In the discussion of missed base and retouch appeals, J/R also adds the proviso that the runner is subject to appeal if the appeal occurs (again, my emphasis)
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...before the next pitch or post-continuous action play ....
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JM