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Old Thu Mar 14, 2013, 04:52pm
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Wondering if things were renumbered... (I don't have the 2013 book handy)

If not... the rule you quote, 8-7-U, is about runner abandoning their base and going to the dugout. Has nothing to do with players that are no longer runners. A runner who has scored has no different status than any other player in the dugout. It's not ILLEGAL (as in, something you penalize) to leave the dugout. It is illegal to interfere, regardless of who you are. It is not the leaving of the dugout that is illegal.
No that it is it. when she left the field she abandoned the base which is home plate. When she enters the Dugout she becomes bench personnel and bench personnel is not aloud to enter the playing field during live ball play.

Now to get back to the OP.

The runner may not leave the field and then return to touch the base she missed which is home plate. If the Defense makes a proper appeal the runner would be out plain and simple.

Do you agree with this yes or no?
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Old Thu Mar 14, 2013, 05:01pm
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Of course I do.

But I'm done being trolled. (Abandonment at home plate... I've heard everything now. So much for being more than a rookie)

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Old Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:18am
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The runner may not leave the field and then return to touch the base she missed which is home plate.
Wow. A runner misses the plate and heads into her dugout, and you want to characterize that as abandonment?

No way. Abandonment calls for the umpire to rule the runner out without the need for an appeal. You would never rule a runner out for failing to touch the plate and entering the dugout without an appeal.
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Old Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:00am
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Abbandoment is not the issue it's going leaving the playing field and coming back onto it.
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Old Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:21pm
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Abbandoment is not the issue it's going leaving the playing field and coming back onto it.
Agree. But you brought up abandonment when you said (and sorry, I quoted the wrong thing in my previous post):

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No that it is it. when she left the field she abandoned the base which is home plate.
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Old Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:51pm
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Agree. But you brought up abandonment when you said (and sorry, I quoted the wrong thing in my previous post):
You are correct.
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Abbandoment is not the issue
Of course it's not. Which is why you were taken to task for quoting the abandonment rule.
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