you all need to relax. It's probably responses like these that keep a lot of newer guys from posting all of their questions, which is a shame.
I merely asked for a clarification to the OP because it wasn't immediately clear to me. Re-reading what i wrote, I can see how one might interpret my post as saying the runner needed to be tagged. This is NOT what i was saying. I'm well aware of the rules, as i said "Because on a play which requires the runner to be tagged..." I was not saying that on THAT play the runner had to be tagged.
I admit I used the wrong terminology, consider me properly flogged.
In my citation of the rule about tagging, I was trying to contrast the requirements for touching a base on an appeal play and the requirements for touching a runner on a tag play....where it certainly matters what hand the ball is in!
Thanks for the civil response Bob. All you other Francises need to lighten up.