Awarded bases to an injured runner

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Originally Posted by Dakota

The ball was dead, so leaving the field is irrelevant.

Back a few, you said the above.

I believe it is most certainly relevant. This in the case of an uninjured runner who, for whatever reason, didn't wait for the award of bases, or complete her baserunning responsibilities. Once she enters the dugout, I don't think she can come back out to complete those responsibilities.

Now in the case of a more severe injury which may involve a player being removed on a stretcher, do we "make allowances"?

And to answer another question, once the OBS'd runner is tagged out, we've gone from DDB to DB or, effectively time out. And anyone who needed to be on the field to attend to an injury would certainly be permitted.