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Originally Posted by lawump
A runner declared out for leaving a base too early (not properly "tagging up")as a result of: a throw being made to the runner's time-of-pitch base and a fielder tagging the runner's time-of-pitch base with secure possession of the ball, is not a force out, even if the runner is sprinting like the wind trying to get back to his time-of-pitch base before the ball...it is an appeal play. It looks and acts like a force out, but it is not.
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Note that an "appeal play" can result in a "force out" -- even though this particular play doesn't.