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Old Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:07am
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Originally Posted by Gmoore View Post
nice answer thanks
If there were less than two outs at the time of the appeal, Yes, the runner who started at second base would be allowed to stay at third. He legally advanced on the overthrow, so there's no reason to send him back to second base.

In fact, if that runner had scored on the overthrow, his run would count even with the appeal IF the appeal was for the second out. But with the appeal making it the third out, his run would not count.
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