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Originally Posted by BigGuy
If you go on the premise that 8-4-1f (below) is true and the opposite of OUT is SAFE, a runner is not OUT or SAFE until one of two criteria have occurred.
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There are case plays where a runner misses a base to which he is forced (and I'm not trying to start the "a BR in not forced to first" debate), the fielder touches the base and the runner is NOT out.
See, for example, 8.4.2A and 8.4.2B