What Happened to Fourth Out thread?

[youngump]

Originally Posted by rwest

Can't understand why the author deleted it. I liked the discussion and I had a question for you Steve in my last post, but obviously you didn't see since it's gone. So here it is again....

What rule are you basing the statment you made that retouching home and heading back to third unscores the run? Are you just extending to this situation the rule that states if a runner returns to a based they were forced to leave, that reinstates the force? Doesn't exactly apply here, but I see the logic.

I like your line of reasoning, I just want to know if there is a rule we can hang our hat on. Now if a runner has scored and errorneously thinks they have to return to 3rd and does so, we still score the run correct? Even if they are "tagged" while off the base?

Didn't we just do this a few days ago? The learned men tell me that the key is that for a run to score the runner must ***legally*** touch all the bases. If they get home without legally touching all the bases they may return and try and correct the error and are subject to being put out. Once they legally touch all the bases there is nothing they can do to unscore. The only thing they can do by going back to third is to commit interference.
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