missing 1B

[mick]

Originally posted by greymule
That's what I figured, Mick. I guess if he's scrambling to get back to 1B, then he has to be tagged, but if he's just moseying back after his overrun, just a tag of the bag (with appeal) will do. Seems there are both relaxed and unrelaxed ways of returning.

greymule,
Maybe the reasoning for tagging the player or the base is as simple as, if the runner is hustling to get back there is no time to get an umps attention to appeal the bag, and if the runner is standing near the dugout, or on second base, there is plenty of time.
mick