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bsaucer Sat Mar 18, 2017 01:39pm

Batter missed base on late throw to first
 
B1 grounds to F5. F5 throws "late" to F3 who is touching first base with his foot. B1 "beats" the throw to first. He overruns first base but fails to touch the bag. Is B1 out at this point (simple force), or does F3 need to take any additional action to "appeal" the missed base?

Rich Ives Sat Mar 18, 2017 03:04pm

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Originally Posted by bsaucer (Post 1002773)
B1 grounds to F5. F5 throws "late" to F3 who is touching first base with his foot. B1 "beats" the throw to first. He overruns first base but fails to touch the bag. Is B1 out at this point (simple force), or does F3 need to take any additional action to "appeal" the missed base?

A missed base requires an appeal. ANY missed base.

And it isn't a force. Only runners that were on base already can be forced. it just sorta looks like one.

bsaucer Sat Mar 18, 2017 03:52pm

Since the "play" was already made on the bag, should F3 just tell the umpire "He missed the bag!"? Or does he need to make another "play"?

Also if there were two outs, and a runner on third should score, is the appeal a "timed" play?

Rich Ives Sat Mar 18, 2017 04:12pm

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Originally Posted by bsaucer (Post 1002778)
Since the "play" was already made on the bag, should F3 just tell the umpire "He missed the bag!"? Or does he need to make another "play"?

Also if there were two outs, and a runner on third should score, is the appeal a "timed" play?

He can claim the missed base and touch it, or tag the runner. It has to happen before the runner returns to the base. Otherwise the miss was corrected.

If the appeal is upheld the run would not score as the batter-runner was therefore out before touching first base.


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