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Originally Posted by Centerfield9
R1 at 1st. Batter hits a triple, touches 1st and 2nd and stands on 3rd. R1 misses 2nd, touches 3rd, and slides into home on a play where the ball goes out-of-play. The defensive is screaming that R1 missed 2nd and to appeal. R1 gets up and runs back to 3rd on his way to 2nd.
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Can R1 go back in reverse order to touch a missed base on a dead ball?
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Yes.
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And how does this affect the appeal?
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It has no affect on the appeal which will be accepted by the umpire AFTER all baserunning duties are completed. Of course, by then there is no appeal to be made since the runner touched all the bases.
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Does the batter-runner need to back-track behind R1, i.e. go back to 1st, so that R1 can occupy 2nd?
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Though I have never seen it, yes.