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Originally Posted by UmpireErnie
9.1.1 Sit O is different from the play in the OP. In the casebook play, the trailing runner has not been put out so the force is still in effect. If the force has been removed by the trailing runner being put out prior to the appeal, then the appeal out becomes a timing play.
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You need to read case play 9.1.1.D again, Ernie. It's pretty clear that when a runner misses a base she was forced to advance to, and the defense appeals, it is still a force out even if the force was removed when the BR (or trail runner being forced) is retired.
The only question is whether or not that force out as a result of a proper appeal may be recognized as an advantageous fourth out to negate a run. Case play 9.1.1.P alludes to an answer of Yes.