[PWL]

Originally posted by Rich Ives
There is no need for debate. The answer is right in the rules.

7.08 e) He fails to reach the next base before a fielder tags him or the base, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner. However, if a following runner is put out on a force play, the force is removed and the runner must be tagged to be put out. The force is removed as soon as the runner touches the base to which he is forced to advance, and if he overslides or overruns the base, the runner must be tagged to be put out. However, if the forced runner, after touching the next base, retreats for any reason towards the base he had last occupied, the force play is reinstated, and he can again be put out if the defense tags the base to which he is forced;

This is for oversliding or overrunning the base, and the runner reaches the next base before a fielder tags him or the base. The proper mechanic is for the BU to call safe on a play like this. The defense should then appeal to BU that runner missed base. They can do this by either touching the missed base with ball or by simply tagging the runner before he returns to base. BU will then give the out signal.