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Originally Posted by David Emerling
But, would you agree that, even if you could appeal, it certainly wouldn't be a force play as stated in the BRD example play? At the time of the appeal, the batter-runner had already been retired prior to reaching 1st.
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Makes sense to me. In fact, an argument could be made that R1 had every right to return to first base after the BR was put out. So an appeal that he should have advanced and touched second is bogus, in my mind.
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