In the dirt or not?

[greymule]

A simple tag ends the whole issue.

Veritas.

Here's a scenario to ponder:

The BR, instead of running to 1B, simply starts walking out to his position as Josh Paul rolls the ball to the mound and the Angels run off the field. Then, as the Angels approach their dugout, the BR runs to 1B and proceeds all the way around the bases.

Incidentally, did anyone doubt, after seeing that play, that the runner would eventually score the winning run?

Stranding that runner would have been like Mickey Owen missing Hugh Casey's spitball and having the Yankees not rally to win.