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I tell ya JJ, there is a lot of stuff in these rulings of PBUC and NCAA that seems to disagree with certain positions taken of other "authoritative sources" from previous threads.
It seems these rulings :
(1) refer to the actions as being appeal plays.
(2) it also refers to these advantageous outs being declared because a runner is "forced" to go to first base.
So, now that we have rulings by PBUC and NCAA saying a runner is "forced" to go to first base it would seem that although the specific action does not meet the definition, it is officially interpreted as being a force play.
This seems exactly opposite of the stance previously taken by Childress and Willson who said a BR is not "forced" to go to first base.
Am I wrong here?
With these official interpretations surpassing the "authoritative opinions" of Childress and Willson, I must now ask about the Fed (as was discussed in a previous thread). Would a runner not making the effort to obtain first base (or one he is forced to) be an automatic call of "out" as an advantageous 4th out thereby possibly negating runs scored???
What's your opinion??
Steve
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