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Originally Posted by Larry1953
What if in both cases, that instead of tagging the runner, F6 tags the base while shouting "that's still a force!"? Hard to see how he could suppress the ingrained urge to tag the runner off the bag, but it would seem a proper way to negate the run.
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That's not a force because the runner is assumed to have touched the base unless / until there's an appeal.
And, the various answers to all these questions depends on whether you subscribe to J/R's interpretation.
I, for one, don't, in this instance.