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And, while writing this post, I wanted to check the spelling of Bremigam (who wrote the article that popularized the extension of 7.10(d) to all bases) and ran across this thread:Tag or no?.
If I'd seen that sooner, I wouldn't have needed to type much into this post!
The thread includes posts from Wendelstedt School, and, IMO, cogent responses from Coach JM and mbyron.
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After reading the entire thread, I find that it only reaffirms the interpretation that the base only needs to be tagged during a live ball. As you noted, Wendelstedt posted as well as bobbybananaduck. Those two posts hold more credibility concerning this interpretation.
J/R was used as an instruction manual at one time, therefore a lot of the current MLB umpires use their interps. That is no longer the case. As the old guard is replaced, we will see different interpretations applied and more than likey, not from J/R.