Crazy rundown

[rbmartin]

7.08 Any runner is out when—
(a) (1) He runs more than three feet away from his base path to avoid being tagged unless his action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. A runner’s base path is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to the base he is attempting to reach safely...

Save yourselves some time and skip to 2:39 on the above video clip.

I guess my question is, on a rundown play is there 1 base path established when the first tag attempt occurs or when a runner changes directions, thus altering "the base he is attempting to reach safely" and altering the player attempting the tag, is a new baseline established?

Having said all this, I think the runner in the above play probably did violate the "3 foot rule" but MLB (and lower levels) seem to give a quite a bit of leeway on this call so the no-call is pretty consistent in my opinion.