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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
I wouldn't consider the run scored; no run can score when the third out is made by the failure of any runner to safely advance to the next base. On appeal, the third out was a force out, so the run is taken off the board. That is how similar run rules are applied here locally; all forced runners must safely advance.
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I don't disagree, but we don't know exactly how that local rule is written or applied.
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My question, as reflected in the title of this thread, is to the application of a missed base, which must be appealed, versus abandonment when a runner doesn't reach a base. My position is that when a batter stops running without reaching a base, the runner didn't abandon the base, the runner ended the attempt. How do you interpret that?
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I think we are on the same track as some of the reasoning behind why a 4th out appeal must be on a runner has scored. Bases loaded with one out. Grounder to F6 who throws to F4 coming across 2B to put out R4 and then throws to F5 to tag out R3 on the way to 3B, but not before R2 scores. B5 was slow out of the box and once R3 was ruled out veered off the path to head toward the dugout. If B5 walks into the dugout, do you make a ruling on abandonment or recognize an appeal for not touching 1B and disallow the run? Speaking ASA, the answer is no.
There is no reason to expect players to continue playing once the 3rd out has been recorded.