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Greymule, one never gives a base award at the time the ball goes out of play. It is either from the time of the pitch, throw or infraction. In a few of the examples you give the runner must be Flash Gordon to make it as far as you described. If the runner is past 2B when the ball went dead then he can't return to touch 1B. If he is retreating to 1B (between 2B and 1B) when it goes out of play the ump needs to give him the opportunity to complete his base running responsibility. The runner needs to touch 1B after the ball has been caught, according to you. If the play hadn't been that obvious then we do nothing until a legal appeal is made by the defense. How did I do?
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