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mb,
Nice to see some decent debate, goal attained.
I believe Wendelstedt's interp comes from the fact that both the missed base and home plate situations have their own ruling.
Any runner is out on appeal when:
7.10(b) - When the ball is in play, while advancing or returning to a base, he fails to touch each base in order before he, or a missed base, is tagged.
7.10(d) - He fails to touch home base and makes no attempt to return to that base, and home base is tagged.
Harry's Note: This rule applies to runners who pass, and miss home plate only. It cannot be transferred to other bases. If a runner misses a base, the defense may appeal any time that the ball is alive, even if the runner is immediately returnig to the base that he missed.
Since both senarios are defined we must take each for their worth. If it was possible to scramble back to a missed base, one rule could have been all inclusive.
I have subscribed to and applied the J/R interp of the relaxed/unrelaxed action in the past. It seems J/R took this from the home base senario and applied to other bases. However, there is nothing, with in the rules that support this interpretation. My JEA (first authority), does not deal with this situation. I am curious to know what Evan's take is on the relaxed/unrelaxed issue.
This is just a ruling that I found within a professional school manual. I don't mean to poo-poo J/R, just get the right interp.
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