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Originally Posted by yawetag
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.
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Don't agree? Well, if R1 misses 2B on a safe single and goes to 3B, and if the defense fails to appeal, what are you going to call? "He missed 2B, he's out!"
I don't think so. You don't "assume" he touched 2B, you treat him as if he did until his infraction is properly appealed. Doing so is the basis of every rule about missed-base appeals.