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Old Fri Jul 13, 2012, 05:42pm
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No. A force out is the result of a batter becoming a runner and runners being forced to advance. The major ramification of a force out is that if the third (or subsequent out) is a force, then no runs can score.

What you have is an appeal play. An appeal is a play based on an infraction a runner did with regards to a base (missing a base, leaving too early on a catch, etc.) In many cases, a tag of the runner is not required, which is why some people mistake it for a force out.

Long and short, a runner can never be forced out at the base they occupy; only the next base.
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