Left early on a caught fly

[shipwreck]

Nothing. F5 falling on the base does not constitute making an appeal. It is also easy to see even if the DC comes out and says she was making a live ball appeal, then why was she trying to get to the base or runner to tag them? Dave

[drwells1]

I would have said out on first contact with the bag but shpiwreckeds post has me leaning the other way. but get ready for the dc to blow a gasket, whether you explained it correctly or not

[Skahtboi]

I guess the main question to the OP is "can there be such a thing as an accidental appeal?!"

While we all know that most players are unaware that they are actually making an appeal when they make a live ball appeal on a runner leaving a base early, there is still a deliberate action that accompanies the appeal in most cases, such as a throw to the base or a tag of the base/runner by the fielder.

This makes me lean toward Shipwreck's summation of the problem, however, I am open to the concept of "accidental appeal" if someone can support it by rule.

So, on the OP as written, I would probably have to go with nothing but the runner being safe as she apparently beat the appeal back to the bag.