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Originally Posted by mcrowder
Dakota ... you know this. 
The rule does not say the runners are FORCED to advance without jeopardy. They are ALLOWED to advance without jeopardy. Before BR is put out, they ARE forced to advance - due to the batter becoming a batter-runner.
However, once BR is out, while they are still ALLOWED to advance without jeopardy, they are no longer FORCED to advance at all - thus making any appeals or incidences of them missing 2nd or abandoning 1st base timing plays and not force plays. |
Yeah, you said it better than I did. I was responding to the Q about why they were not in jeopardy. And, since they are no longer forced to advance, their failure to touch the next base cannot be appealed. Neither can they be tagged for being off the base. Game over.