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Originally Posted by rbmartin
5.09 The ball becomes dead and runners advance one base, or return to their bases, without liability to be put out, when-
(e) A foul ball is not caught; runners return. The umpire shall not put the ball in play until all runners have retouched their bases;
7.10 Any runner shall be called out, on appeal, when-
(b) With the ball in play, while advancing or returning to a base, he fails to touch each base in order before he, or a missed base, is tagged.
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rbmartin,
By rule, it is not necessary for a runner returning to his TOP base following an uncaught foul to touch any intervening bases on his way back to his TOP base.
For example:
R1, "going on the pitch". Batter lifts a towering fly ball deep into the LF corner. The ball lands foul after the runner has passed 2B and he cuts across the diamond, completely bypassing 2B on his return to 1B. After the ball is properly put back in play, the defense properly appeals the R1's miss of 2B on his return to 1B.
Ruling: Safe! The runner has no obligation to retouch 2B on his return to 1B in this sitch.
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7.02 In advancing, a runner shall touch first, second, third and home base in order. If forced to return, he shall retouch all bases in reverse order, unless the ball is dead under any provision of Rule 5.09. In such cases, the runner may go directly to his original base.
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JM