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I agree with Jeff (mostly).
While in the situation you described, it sounded more like the batter didn't want to take any chances than a trick play, this in one of the "legal" trick plays. I don't think it even deserves a warning.
With a checked swing on a ball in the dirt and 2 strikes, the catcher can ask for an appeal to the BU. If you grant it, and if your BU says she went, then the BR is a dead duck, so it works both ways.
Even if the runners did not try to advance until they saw the batter run, they are still allowed the bases they achieved. After all, if the smart catcher threw down to 3rd instead of 1st and got R1 out, you'd let the out stand, wouldn't you?
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Tom
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