Baseball rules question

Matt1735 · Aug 9, 2013

JC said:

Matt1735 said:

Whether the umpires got it right depends on the order things happened.
If the runner had touched third before the ball went into dead-ball territory, he can return. Reason being the defense cannot benefit from it's mistake.
If the ball went dead and then he touched third, he can't return by rule.
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Balls dead before he touched third it shouldn't matter, play is dead. Why can he not return?
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Once the ball is dead, a runner is not permitted to retreat once he has touched a succeeding base.

bueller · Aug 9, 2013

By the major league rulebook, he should have been awarded home. Rule 7.05 says he gets two bases. But he still needed to retrace and tag up at second, which is allowed despite the dead ball.

Rule 7.05(i) Comment: The fact a runner is awarded a base or bases without liability to be put out does not relieve him of the responsibility to touch the base he is awarded and all intervening bases. For example: batter hits a ground ball which an infielder throws into the stands but the batter-runner missed first base. He may be called out on appeal for missing first base after the ball is put in play even though he was “awarded” second base.

If a runner is forced to return to a base after a catch, he must retouch his original base even though, because of some ground rule or other rule, he is awarded additional bases. He may retouch while the ball is dead and the award is then made from his original base.
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Sea Bass · Aug 10, 2013

Perfect. Thanks. That's what I was too lazy to look for.

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