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Originally Posted by David B
Exactly what I was thinking about this type of play. The runner is doing what he is supposed do, he can't just disappear.
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Except the runner is not doing what he is supposed to be doing, runners are not supposed to go into second base standing up on a force play.
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Originally Posted by David B
Its the job of the defense to make the proper play and players that are taught properly will make the play.
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So then the fielder should have to adjust his throw to avoid the standing runner. If the runner is directly between the fielder and first base, the fielder has two ways in which he can throw to first: Step to the side and then throw, or throw the ball over the runner. Stepping to the side takes time, and a lob throw is not a quick as a direct throw. Either way the runner is giving the BR extra time to beat the throw to first. Wouldn't you say that runner is altering the play? Now of course if the fielder comes across the base, steps and throws all in one motion then the runner did not alter the play of the fielder in any way. But if the fielder notices that the runner is blocking his throwing lane to first and then adjusts his throw then the runner has altered the play.