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Definitely looks like a mistake in printing. Here's what I think it might be.
In the FED book, the very next item after what was quoted is the "penalty". If you move that penalty line up to before the exception it seems to make a little more sense:
8.2 The batter-runner shall be called out when:
ART. 4... The batter-runner fails to advance to first base and enters the team area after a batted fair ball, a base on balls, a hit batter (F.P.), a droppred third strike (F.P.), or catcher obstruction.
PENALTY: The ball is dead and the runner(s) must return to the last base legally touched at the time of the infraction.
Exception: (S.P.) The ball is dead on a base on balls, or on a hit batter (F.P.) the ball is dead, the batter-runner is not out and runners cannot advance unless forced.
But I don't understand why they would say "unless forced since no one can be forced if the batter-runner is out.
Here is a play that we had in the state championship last year. I think I mentioned it on here once before.
Batter (who is the pitcher for her team) gets hit by pitch. She is hurt but not badly. Walks it off for a while and heads to the dugout as the courtesy runner comes in for her. Courtesy runner goes to first as batter goes to dugout, having never touched first. PU rings up the batter.
At the time of the pitch there was a girl on first. She was now at second. I sent her back to first. That received a bigger argument than the out on the batter for not going to first.
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Dan
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