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While doing some tractor-time this weekend cutting the grass in my yard, I got to thinking about a base-running situation.
Batter-hits a pitch into the outfield. As the batter-runner rounds first base, she misses the bag. The opposing team doesn't notice but the ever-alert field umpire notices the miscue. The batter runner continues on to 2nd base, slides into the base and then stands up on the base. The ball arrives a second later at the bag, is catch by the SS who puts a complimentary tag on the batter-baserunner (standing on the base).
So, does the umpire call the batter-runner out for missing 1st base even-though the opposing team was clueless about the miscue or is the batter-runner safe and the miscue must be appealed by the opposing team?
Batter-hits a pitch into the outfield. As the batter-runner rounds first base, she misses the bag. The opposing team doesn't notice but the ever-alert field umpire notices the miscue. The batter runner continues on to 2nd base, slides into the base and then stands up on the base. The ball arrives a second later at the bag, is catch by the SS who puts a complimentary tag on the batter-baserunner (standing on the base).
So, does the umpire call the batter-runner out for missing 1st base even-though the opposing team was clueless about the miscue or is the batter-runner safe and the miscue must be appealed by the opposing team?