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Originally Posted by midtnblu
Ok, now F6 turns and throws toward 1st to get the B/R who has rounded bag but throws ball out of play. Where is the "2b" runner at TOT and where do you place him?
This goes along with a thread that went aroud some time ago...if a runner retreats to 3rd and overruns toward LF, can he go directly to 2nd base to avoid a tag or must he touch 3rd again before going to second?
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Sliding beyond a base is not the same as going back (retreating or advancing to a base). If the runner gets up and heads to the next(previous) base, then he has shown effort to go to that next base.
If this type of thing were allowed, then a runner scoring and sliding beyond but missing HP would be considered as heading to the dugout and HP can simply be tagged.
Since that isn't the case, the runner has to show effort to go to the next base in sequence or not trying to get back to the base immediately. I think this is a prime example of what is relaxed/unrelaxed play and how an umpire needs to read the runner and use their judgment.
In the OP, the runner needs to be tagged while off the base to be put out.