Thrown ball kicked by runner

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by QuinnVT

I couldn't find how to handle this in the case book for HS, so I thought I'd ask.

Play at the plate: F3 thows to F3 who drops ball. R1 slides into home and happens to kick/move the ball up the 1B line during his slide. Since I didn't see any intention in the act, we just kept playing. Coach wanted runner returned to 3rd.
What's the call here and just for my learning does it make a difference if the ball was hit after the R slide across the plate?

The call here is, in no case, runner returned to third! 99% chance this is simply nothing. For this to be INT, it's got to be intentional.

Also ... how does one thow? And does thowing always cause the ball to return to the thower, like it did here going from the Firstbaseman back to the firstbaseman (Speedy Gonzalez) suddenly covering home...