Thread: Contradiction?
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Old Wed Mar 06, 2002, 08:33pm
Roger Greene Roger Greene is offline
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Greymule,

In 9.1.1H when R2 missed 3rd base he was forced to that base. The tag of R1 at 3rd base was after each runner had advanced beyond their forced base, and R1 was attempting to gain a second base. R1's out at 3rd had no effect on the force plays at the first base each runner was forced to advance toward.

In 9.1.1K the defense made a decision to play on R1 and the BR on their "forced" bases, and those outs removed the force on preceeding runners.

In your sitch, if the defense appeals in the correct order so that the 3rd out is on the BR at 1st, then no runs may score. If the appeal in an order so that the BR is appealed at 1st for the 2nd out, and then R1 is appealed at 2nd base for the third out, the force has been removed at 2nd base, (just as if the plays were actually made in that order) and all runs that crossed the plate before the time of the appeal at 2nd would score.

Is that clear as mud?

Roger Greene
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