This exact situation happened to me last year. How it ended up for us:
I'm PU, the offense's head coach was sitting on a bucket on the third base side looking right down the line at the play. He sees the pulled foot. After BU had called the out and the play had ended, the coach calmly called time, walked out to me, and asked if I had seen a pulled foot. I explained "Coach, you have to go to BU and request that he ask for help. If he concurs, we will discuss it." The coach calmly walks to the BU, asks him to go for help. BU walks over to me and asks if I saw a pulled foot. I said that I had. My BU says with a nod "Ok then" and announces that the runner will be put back on first base.
I tell you what, the **** hit the fan on the defense's side, but we got the call right.
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