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Originally Posted by CT1
Don't have my book with me, but isn't there a FED rule about a runner being out if he abandons his effort to advance?
Of course, the kicker to all this is that Segura was subsequently thrown out trying to
(re)steal second.
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Theres an abandoment clause in all the rules sets.
In MLB, it's (generally) not going to be invoked until R2 gets into foul territory. I think this runner did make it to foul territory (but I haven't seen the play recently.)
For an R1 or R3, he'll have to be "well into" foul territory.