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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by greymule
Is the second play different because there was a pause in continuing action, with F2 holding the ball and all the runners stopped on their bases?
The question to me is twofold. First, can a run that has scored legally be nullified by a subsequent reinstated force. (Maybe so. I can understand that, if everything happens in the same play.) Second, if so, at what point is the run not subject to nullification? When the ball goes back to the mound? After a time out? A pitch? After a break in the vaguely defined "continuing action"?
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The FED definition of "play" includes something like "a unit of action that begins with F1 holding the ball on the mound and ends when F1 is again holding the ball" -- so that might be one way to distinguish between the two plays -- that is, it's a "force play" as long as there's play going on and it's just "leaving the base" once the play has "stopped."
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2004 NFHS Baseball Case Book
2.29.3 SITUATION: With one out and R1 on first base, B3 hits a fly ball to short left field. R1
rounds second, but retreats toward first base when he thinks the ball will be caught. The ball drops,
but F7 retrieves the ball and throws it to second base. R1 is between first and second. RULING: R1
is out, as the force was reinstated when he retreated past second base.