Crazy play

[Dakota]

Originally posted by FUBLUE
IMO, she has already returned to first after the overrun. She was legally off the base with liability to be put out. NO she never even looked at second, but here's a question: If B-R reaches first base, returns to first base, then steps off the base without a dead ball being called, is subsequently tagged, then would we call her out?

Since you said IMO... I'm still not sure if she actually touched 1st again after the overrun.

If she did, then that is a horse of a different color - she has returned to 1st, and as you say, just stepped of the base and is subject to being tagged.

OTOH, if the coach told her she was out, and she headed back to the dugout without actually returning to 1st, then IMJ, she is still protected (made no attempt at 2nd).

I'm not trying to split hairs (i.e. she stepped over the base - that kind of thing) - if she "returned to 1st," then she was off base and in jeopardy. That call makes sense, but it doesn't seem to me the rules clearly support placing her in jeopardy because her path back to first was not direct.