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Originally Posted by teebob21
As a follow-up question to the rest of the umpires here: In this situation, if the ball is returned to 1B without a verbal appeal, would you rule on the live-ball appeal? For that matter, is there a live-ball appeal being properly made? (I say no, unless the defense tags the runner.)
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This is not an appeal play. The runner must be tagged with a live ball prior to returning to the base safely
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