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Guest arapheon
Hello,
I am sure this has been asked, but it's impossible to search for this situation.
Runner on first (or any?) base and no outs. Batter hits a deep fly ball and the whole defensive team watches thinking it's going out. Outfielder makes a great catch, batter is out. The runner stays at the bag, planning to tag up, but leaves too early. Not a single person on defense notices. Runner is at second, ball gets returned to the pitcher. There is no appeal, but the umpire knows the runner left early.
Does this fall under some blanket rule where if there is no appeal then nothing happens? It is hard for me to imagine an umpire just allowing play to continue when they know the runner left too early.
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Replacematt
The ratio of baserunning infractions to successful appeals I've seen in my career is probably about 7:1. The OP's situation happens far more than when action is actually taken.
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