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Originally posted by Gee
The bases were loaded. That makes the play at home a force play.
Proper mechanics on a missed base force play is to call the runner safe, just like at first.
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No way, Gee. We would never signal safe in ANY instance unless there is reason to believe the runner might be out.
In the play to which you allude (BR grounds to short, beats the throw but misses the base), we signal safe because the runner was not put out by the throw, and everyone is expecting a call. If the runner beat the throw by several steps, yet missed the base, I would make no signal, just as in any other case where it was "obvious" the runner was not put out.
Also, the play at first above is not technically a force out.
In the case of a tag play, we make no call because the play is not over yet. The runner is in jeopardy, but is not out. He usually remains so for quite a long time.
P-Sz