BR rules. Bonus points for anyone who proves that the FED answers would be different. Multiple answers may be correct.

1. R2 scores on a deep single to right. Immediately after he touches the plate though, he retouches it and heads back for third, making it there safely under the tag. The umpire knows that R2, whatever he thinks about himself, did touch third. The umpire should:

   1. Wave R2 to the dugout.
      
   2. Leave R2 on that base.
      
   3. Immediately call out R2 for running the bases in reverse order.
      
   4. On appeal, call out R2 for running the bases in reverse order.
      
   5. Score the run.
      
   6. Cancel the run.
Answers: Letters a and e. A legally scored run cannot be “unscored” by any action of the runner. FED has an official interpretation: News, #31, 4/84. OBR 5.06 CMT.
2. B1 has a count of 2-2 when he checks his swing on a wild pitch, called ball three by the plate umpire. While the catcher retrieves the ball, B1 remains at the plate. The defense then throws the ball to first. The first baseman tags the bag, while the catcher appeals that B1 did indeed swing at the pitch. The first-base umpire agrees that it was a swinging strike three. The plate umpire will then:

   1. Send B1 to first, since on the wild pitch he would have make that base if he had known the "ball" call would be reversed to a "strike."
      

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