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On an attempted steal of 2B, the runner tries to avoid the tag by thrusting his body wide of the bag and grabbing the base with his hands. However, as F6 misses the swipe tag, the runner slides completely past the base without touching it. With the runner's feet pointing toward left field, his outstretched hands are a foot past 2B, reaching back for the bag.
F6 has his foot on 2B and sees that the runner is off and trying to scramble back. Instead of tagging the runner, he appeals to the umpire that the runner missed the bag as F6 proceeds to get ahold of the base.
Strictly according to the book, we honor the appeal. But in this situation, we don't.
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