I thought this was called a foul ball? It cannot be both a foul tip and a foul ball. It is one or the other.
First off, most rule sets have no such rule as abandonment. If the umpire was not calling a lookback violation the runner would not be out until either the defense put her out or she entered dead ball territory. Second, the runner left the base because the base umpire told her it was a foul ball. It was the umpires incorrect information which caused the runner to leave the base. Fix it, out the runner back on 2nd.
On what planet and under what rule set?
I thought this was called a foul ball? It cannot be both a foul tip and a foul ball. It is one or the other.
Also - was there no discussion b/w the umpires at the time of the call?
There was no discussion between the two umpires.