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After appealing R1 for leaving 1B too soon, why couldn't the defense appeal R2 for missing 3B as the fourth out? They could certainly appeal R2 if they had doubled R1 off 1B in continuing action. If they are not allowed a fourth out on that play, then of course the order of appeals matters.

Your play is a good example, but I was well aware that order of appeals was crucial in some cases. The real question involved what would have happened had the batter doubled and missed 1B, with R2 scoring and R1 missing 2B. If the BR is put out at 2B on continuing action, then the appeal of R1 for missing 2B is still a force (R1 was forced at the time of the baserunning error) and R2 would not score. But if BR is put out on appeal for missing 1B, the force is off R1 for missing 2B and the run would score, at least according to an e-mail or phone call to BRD. (But see Freix's comments.)