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1B Umpire Rob Drake ejected Orioles DH Trey Mancini and manager Brandon Hyde a half-inning after Mancini was called out on A's catcher Sean Murphy's tag after overrunning first base. Report: www.closecallsports.com/2022/...
The question thus becomes whether batter-runner Mancini, after running past first base, made an attempt toward second base. Official Baseball Rule 5.09(b)(11) requires an out call if a runner: "fails to return at once to first base after overrunning or oversliding that base. If [the batter-runner] attempts to run to second they are out when tagged."
For this video analysis, we revisit a play in Washington from a prior season in which umpires did not call a runner out, though the analysis concluded they should have done so pursuant to OBR 5.09(b)(11), since the runner made an attempt to run to second base.
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We analyze "attempt" and try to find a definition, locating the phrase "play or attempted play." Extracting from that language, we find that an "attempt" is a physical act, which includes, relative to the situation of a fielder chasing a runner, physically moving, and stepping, toward that runner.
Relative to the batter-runner Mancini, thus, after overrunning first base, an "attempt" toward second base would NOT include a flinch, fake, or feign, but WOULD include physical movement toward that base, such as taking a stutter step toward second base.
Although the foul line is not rules-relevant for this situation, it CAN be used as a guide to determine whether or not Mancini physically moved in any way to his left (toward second base). For instance, if a runner starts a play on the right field foul line or to the foul territory side (to the right of it) and ends the play on the left side of that line, in fair territory, one can logically surmise that the runner has physically moved closer to second base, however slightly.