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Originally Posted by cshs81
...considered a force out?
Ex: 2 outs. R3. BR bunts the ball. F3 picks it up and goes to tag BR. R3 scores before the tag. Is this still a forceout and the run does not count?
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Technically, no it is not a force out. However, the run does not count because the third out occured before the Batter/runner safely reached first.
This is one of the rare cases in baseball wherein something looks like a duck, walks like a duck and even quacks like a duck, but isn't a duck.