I Need A Baseball Ruling..........

[G-Man]

Man on first.  Fly ball out to left field is caught, or foul and not caught.  I can't exactly remember the scenario..... however, the first base runner left for second, but had to return to first.  But the runner never actually gets all the way back to touch first base.  Batter hits one deep down the right field line and the runner "on first" scores.

I may have missed it, but my seat was right above and one section behind first and I didn't see Chisolm get back to the bag before the ball was back in play.

What's the call?   

[Jersey mike]

The left fielder missed the catch while diving.

Chislom had a lead and it was 2 outs with him on first, it was go on contact or even when the pitch was delivered, it was hard to tell just when he got the jump.

With men on base, if the base runners want to have a lead off base they can run on contact, but risk either being caught leading, get stuck in a rundown or a potential DP with a short fly ball while running and cannot return to base before throw gets there. Runner must tag on any fly ball out. Runner does not need to tag up on a fielders choice.

[Moonshot_1]

Been a while since I did this but my take. We can assume the runner on first is obligated to return to first because of a catch and the need to tag up or a foul ball where the ball is dead and the runners return to their base.

Assuming the runner does not tag up and is just in the vicinity of the base and the pitcher makes the next pitch to the batter, we now got nothing. The play would require an appeal prior to the next pitch.

In the case of a foul or dead ball, a runner isn't required to return to the base. The runner cannot advance until the pitcher has ball on the mound at which time the ball is back in play.