Dead ball appeal

[josephrt1]

I have 2 comments to the original post.

In question 1, the poster asks; "When can the defense make the dead ball appeal?" To make a dead ball appeal the ball has to be dead. Is this case the ball was not dead and as described, the fielder made a live ball appeal. When the catcher tagged her as described in this post, I would call an out for the following reason:

RS 1, Section I. "Plate and tag missed. If a runner misses home plate and the catcher misses the tag, the umpire should hesitate slightly. If no tag is made, the umpire should call the runner safe. If an appeal play is made by tagging the runner or home plate, the umpire should then render a decision."

The plate was missed, why would the fielder have to wait and allow her to "complete her base running responsibilities". She missed the base, ball is live, we have a tag, I have an OUT.

[RKBUmp]

The ball was dead, the batter was hit by a pitch. Also, in all cases in the rule book and case plays, when it speaks of allowing time for the runners to complete their base running requirements, they are all referencing running violations that occurred while the ball was live.

The NFHS rule I cited only states time must be given to complete base running requirements if the ball went out of play. The ball has not gone out of play in the play presented.