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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
A BR who runs when they hit the ball will never be doubled up due to an intentionally dropped ball.
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Nor will a batter-runner who DOESN'T run, since it's a physically impossibility to get two outs on an intentionally dropped ball.
If you're talking about an ASA game where the fielder guides the ball to the ground, or just lets it hit his glove and drop, or a game under rules that allow the fielder to let the ball drop untouched (none of which should be ruled as "intentionally dropped"), I can see two, or even three, outs being made, even if the BR hustles out of the box.
On a high pop up, sure, the batter-runner should have plenty of time to reach first safely. But if it's a line drive right at an infielder, it would be easy to knock the ball to the ground, get a force at second, then the BR at first (a legal play in ASA, illegal under other rule sets).
How about a weak blooper right at a fielder, or a very short bunt popped up right around the plate? Any airbourne batted ball that that doesn't have a lot of "hang time", lets the fielder get a quick handle on the ball and forces any baserunners to tag up for an impending catch, has the potential for the defense to get multiple outs, including the batter-runner.
Except, apparently, under NSA rules.