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Originally Posted by UmpireErnie
Although it's not in the rules, this casebook play seems to add to the rules by making this determination at the time of missing the base.
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That's what case plays are for, Ernie. 
And it's not really adding to the rules. It's just clarifying what is meant under rule 2-1-11.
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