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Originally Posted by David Emerling
Well, let me ask you this then: Can a runner correct his baserunning error after the ball has become dead then put back into play?
Let's say it happened this way: The batter hits a double and misses 1st. Time is called. The runner becomes aware that the defense intends to appeal the missed base once the ball gets put back into play. When the plate umpire says, "Play!" the runner sprints to from 2nd to 1st base and arrives there before the defense makes the appeal.
Can he do this?
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The runner is allowed to return to a missed base when the ball is alive and in play. It is a bit implausible that he could run 90 feet before it is thrown 60 feet, but he might want to go back in the case of a throw that gets past F3 and remains in
play. The question might be, can the umpire "award" the runner first if he was going there and did not make it before fan interference of the overthrow.
ETA: according to this, the answer is "no"
3. A runner may not return to a missed base after the pitcher holds the ball in a pitching position on the mound. He may, naturally, attempt to advance.
That's important only because it prevents a runner from going back after the pitcher has stepped off the rubber with a live ball to make an appeal.