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Originally Posted by waltjp
If a runner beats a throw to a base but misses the base he's assumed to have touched it.
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FED 8-3-8: "A runner acquires the right to the proper unoccupied base if he touches it before he is out."
I don't see anything about assuming he touched it if he passes over it.
FWIW, I've learned from here to call it like others have been taught, but I don't agree with it.