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Runner returns to 3B after touching home plate
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High School playoff game. Runner misses 3B then touches and crosses home plate, and starts toward dugout 3 or 4 steps. Third base coach yells at him to return to 3B, and he does reach 3B safely before retouching home plate or being tagged or appealed by defense. What is the call?
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If the run is LEGALLY scored (the runner touched all the bases; didn't leave early on a caught ball), he can't unscore his run. If a following runner has scored, he can't go back. If the run
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Minor point: dead-ball appeals are verbal, so the tag was moot. U3 has no business making a ruling unless he knows what exactly is being appealed and which umpire should be ruling on it.
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