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Originally Posted by greymule
Note that if after Baker slid past 2B without touching it, F4 (if he thought fast enough) could appeal to the umpire and tag Baker to nullify the run—perhaps by yelling, "He missed the bag" as he dove to tag Baker. The out at 2B would then be the third out—and a force out. This is because ASA (unlike OBR) permits an immediate live-ball appeal on a missed base.
NO NO NO...don't care if the F4 was Superman. Yelling, shouting, sky writing or anything else would NOT create an appeal. THE RUN SCORES !!!!!!
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Bandit - I think the difference that Grey is attempting to point out here is between the third out of the inning and an appeal for a fourth out to prevent a run.
As Mike has pointed out, once the third out was made by tagging the runner after he passed second base, the opportunity for the fourth out appeal on that runner is gone and the run scores.
However, if F4 is smart and quick enough, like Grey points out above, and he yells out the appeal before tagging R2 or steps on second, that appeal then is the
third out of the inning. Since R2 was forced to second base on the batted ball, the third out is a force out and no runs can score.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I have misstated this.