Missed Base Appeal Question

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by bossman72

This still doesn't make sense though. I'm ok with the fact that you need to tag the runner because he's going back to the base, but it makes no sense on why a subsequent appeal of the miss would be disallowed. The defense didn't do anything that would make them lose the right to appeal...

No, my point was that the offense did, namely attempt to correct the error immediately. Not penalizing the defense, but rewarding the offense. Though the outcome is the same, the rationale makes sense only when you think of it one way.