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Originally Posted by umpjim
So if you don't recognize/call abandonment and the defense does it's job as in the OP you won't have a problem.
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That's certainly a viable workaround, and will probably be the way things turn out in most cases.
The problem becomes when the defense thinks the game is over and doesn't realize an appeal is in order, they all head into the dugout, and you recognize that an abandonment call is still possible. Both teams screwed up, and yet we only hold the defense accountable by not making the abandonment call. Or we do make it but we make it after the winning run scores, which renders the out for abandonment moot, as currently interpreted.
There should be consistency. A forced runner who is ruled out before he reaches his forced-to base should be considered a force out under all intents and purposes.