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Originally Posted by UmpTTS43
Hmmmmmmm ..... should I or shouldn't I .......
POI
In OBR on a missed bag appeal other than home plate, the runner while off of the base, or the base can be tagged for the out. There is no relaxed/unrelaxed action. I could care less what J/R has to say about it. There is only one interp I will accept, and until I get it, PO J/R.
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Yes, the exact difference!
Some believe that when a base (other than home) is missed, the base can be tagged when the runner is scrambling back to the bag if it's unmistakable that an appeal is being made.
Others believe that a runner, who misses a bag and is scrambling back to touch it, must be TAGGED to get the out (as DG writes, this is known as the concept of appeals during unrelaxed action- this is in the J/R manual).
It's different in every rule code, and nothing has been put in stone. I use the J/R interp (simply because that's the answer I get the most when I ask about this philosophy), but I'm not set in stone with it.
The problem with the J/R interp I never understood was that when a runner leaves early and the D tries to "double him up," the runner is always scrambling back to the bag, yet he doesn't have to be tagged to get an out on this appeal. Yet, if it's a missed base, he needs to be tagged. I never understood that...