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Old Sun Dec 05, 2004, 02:09am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by FUBLUE

The play was on a caught fly ball, runner returning to tag the base and the throw goes to that base. Defensive team screams its a force (which it is) but the runner beat the ball to the base, therefore, she's safe.
Not wanting to be too much of a stickler, but (bet you knew that was coming) this is not a "force" play. It is a live ball appeal, nothing more, nothing less.

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