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Originally posted by Gmoore
A force out is defined as:
A force out is a putout during which a runner who is being forced to advance is tagged out or is put out by a fielder who holds the ball while touching the base toward which the forced runner is advancing.
reading that how can a runner going to first not be a force out?
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OBR 2.00 " A FORCE PLAY is a play in which a runner legally loses his right to occupy a base by reason of the batter becoming a runner."
So our YOU saying, that the batter-runner is forced to first because by his own action, he is now a runner and no longer a batter?????? I'm not buying it.