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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Foul balls are dead balls. There are no running requirements for foul balls other than not interfering, so there are no (other) running violations.
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On the dribbler down the line, or the long fly that ends up foul or out of play - in both cases you COULD have BU ruling the runner out before the status of the ball is determined. Yes, it would look ugly, but once the ball's status ends up being foul, you have to jump in your time machine and un-ring that OUT bell. As Steve said, there are NO running requirements for foul balls (other than INT)... consider a similar situation - runner off on the pitch, misses 2nd while rounding third - ball goes foul or out of play, and runner again misses 2nd on the way back. You're not going to rule that runner out on appeal, are you? Of course not. Similar logic here - the runners are not out for something they do during what turns out to be a foul ball (other than INT)