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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
"Retreat" has the connotatin of a deliberate act. It also has the connotation of going back to a previous base. Therefore, If the runner deliberately headed back to 1B it would be a retreat.
So is an overslide on a return to 2B a retreat toward 1B? Don't think so. 1) The runner would be headed to RF, not 1B, and 2) going to 1B wasn't the intent.
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Thats the way I would interpret this rule also.