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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
My statement was 1st runner to occupy the base legally. In the situation you have provided with 3 runners standing on 2nd, the first runner would not have been legally occupying the base.
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The first runner to occupy a base legally is simply the first runner to occupy a base legally ... not necessarily the one who has "the base" as you said. Runner on 1st tries to make it to 3rd, realizes she's not going to make it. BR is standing on 2nd and was there first (and legally). When R1 comes in to 2nd - the player in jeopardy is now the BR, not R1, even though BR was there first and legally.
The 3 runners on 2nd scenario was a mess, and if the defense had bothered to try to get some outs, R1 (the one that should have gone to 3rd) would have been out if tagged, or BR would have been out if tagged. R2 (from 1st) was the only one who could have gotten tagged and still been safe. Defense could have tagged R1, then BR for 2 outs. If they tagged BR first, the forces go away and they would have to tag R2 (no longer R1) for the out.
But alas, they did nothing. With the ball in the circle and them doing nothing, we had to put R1 on 3rd and BR on 1st. No outs.