4th Out?

[Steve M]

Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Remember, in baseball and some softball rules, a runner can be considered to have "abandoned" the base to which they are advancing or entitled to if they discontinue their effort. In ASA, no such rule exist as a runner must enter dead ball territory to be ruled out for abandonment. If this is the case, then I can accept the throw to first as an appeal play. But if the runner is just slow, I don't believe the fourth out appeal would apply.

Though my opinion, I will make a serious attempt to see what the man who puts the book together has to say.

Mike,
Maybe I'm missing what you meant, but what about 8.8.U? Doesn't this say that a runner is out for "abandonment" when he abandons his base AND enters dead ball territory? My understanding is that the runner must enter dead ball territory to be ruled out for abandonment.