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Originally Posted by Insane Blue
The runner may not leave the field and then return to touch the base she missed which is home plate.
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Wow. A runner misses the plate and heads into her dugout, and you want to characterize that as abandonment?
No way. Abandonment calls for the umpire to rule the runner out without the need for an appeal. You would never rule a runner out for failing to touch the plate and entering the dugout without an appeal.
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