largeone59,
Since you asked so nicely....
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If a consecutive runner is out for abandonment before his advance base on a batted ball, the out is not a force out (the force is removed by the runner's actions).
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(The reason the above is posted in red is because that is how it is printed in J/R. When it's printed in red it means it's a J/R interpretation that has been neither formally accepted nor contradicted by MLB.)
rickfriedmann,
I'm not sure I completely agree either. But, who am I to question Rick Roder? BTW, you weren't in Wonderland - you were in CalvinBall-land.
JM
Edited to add:
J/R refers to the book "The Rules of Professional Baseball", co-authored by Chris Jaksa and Rick Roder. I would strongly encourage you to obtain a copy if this stuff interests you. (Warning: this can consume ridiculous amounts of your time.) You can buy it at:
http://www.rulesofbaseball.com/
[Edited by CoachJM on Jun 2nd, 2005 at 01:10 AM]