You make the call

[LDUB]

Originally posted by Atl Blue
Bases loaded, no one out. Fly ball to LF, but R3 takes off on contact. F7 drops the ball, but R3 does not realize this and comes back to 3B. R2 knows he was forced, so he has run to 3B. R1, with his head down and not paying attention to his coaches or his teammates, rounds 2B and comes into 3B. No runner has passed another, but all three are standing on 3B. The ball comes to a very confused F5. F5, being a good baseball player, starts tagging runners. Who is out?

Is it absurd? Of course it is! But it is a good "test" question that proves that the "order of tag crap" does make a difference.


OK, you want to earn the check. Who is out?

Ok so R2 is the one who legally occupies the base. If he is tagged first he is safe. If R1 is tagged first, the force is removed, which makes R3 the one who is legally is on the base. Then R2 can be tagged out. If R3 is tagged first, he is out, and R2 still occupies the bae, then R1 can be tagged and put out.