Why did they do that?

wo of those recent PBUC rulings have involved the Bremigan interpretations previously examined here. In 2000 the PBUC gave an interpretation that overturned Bremigan on removal of the force at a base that remained untouched in passing, and yet still required an appeal to cancel any runs scored. In that same interpretation, therefore, they apparently redefined when a base becomes missed for appeal purposes, effectively ignoring both the wording of Rule 7.10(b) and the second required condition from Rule 7.10(d) as extended to all other bases by Bremigan's 1978 interpretation.

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