Awarded bases and appeals.

[Marty Rogers]

Be careful what you "learn" from non-registered
umpires and officials. This is the kind of stuff
that makes life hard for umpires that know what they are doing.

Rule 4.09(a)
One run shall be scored each time a runner legally advances and TOUCHES first, second, third, and home base before three men are put out to end the inning.

Rule 7.05 (clarafication at end of rule)
The fact that a runner is awarded a base or bases without
liability to be put out does not relieve him of the responsibility to touch the base he is awarded and all intervening bases. A runner who does not touch his awarded base is at risk on appeal.

There is nothing in the rule book to support
that umpires claim.