NFHS--Overrunning first--different question

[BretMan]

I like outs...

I'd consider the tag to be an unmistakable/obvious appeal!

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by BretMan

I like outs...

I'd consider the tag to be an unmistakable/obvious appeal!

I like outs as well, Bret!

To be honest, this is nothing more than an academic discussion. To this day, I can safely say I've never seen it play out where a BR overruns first base, makes an attempt or feint to second, nobody on defense sees her do it, and then as she saunters back to first base, the fielder with the ball lays a nonchalant tag on her just because it's something she does to every BR who comes back to the bag.

But in the event that it does, I don't want to be the umpire who rules the BR out, and then the savvy head coach argues, "Hey Blue, where was the appeal on that?!"

Then again, the likelihood that there's a head coach out there who really knows what the rule requires is even slimmer than the play happening in the first place!