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Originally posted by cbfoulds
Not that it makes a bit of difference, since in all but the rareset TWP, you can pretend you don't know this and officiate the play like it WAS a "force". You can even SAY that BR is forced at 1st, and only umpires will know that you are being ignorant; and most of them won't care. Of course, when the TWP actually happens in front of you, you'll blow the ruling; but, again, only umpires will know.
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Would you be so kind as to describe the third world play that illustrates the flaw in saying the batter runner is forced to 1B?
If I quoted Jim Evans making reference to the batter runner being "forced" to 1B, would you then consider Mr. Evans to be "ignorant" of the rules?
Have you considered that the whole "batter runner is/isn't forced to 1B" debate might just be an issue of meaningless semantics, simply a "how many umpires can dance on the head of a pin" debate?
Or, maybe it's not. What's the play scenario that demonstrates the difference?