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Umpires "know" a batter is not forced at first.
Great. Now, when talking with players, coaches or anyone else regarding this "fact", forget it. For all PRACTICAL purposes, a batter is forced at first. As I said, walk into any major level clinic and start this "but it's not a force" stuff and they will laugh you out of the room as a "book umpire".
If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, best way to treat the thing is as a duck.
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