Contradiction?

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by greymule
P.S. Just read Carl's post. I still don't understand.

Carl is saying, "If the runner is forced at the moment he misses the base, then any subsequent appeal on that runner at that base will be a force out."

In one of the plays, the runner was still forced at the time he missed the base -- no runs.

In the other, an out had been made on a trailing runner before the runner in question missed the base. That runner was no longer forced when he missed the base, so it's not a force out and the run(s) count.

As I read this, Carl, Steve and I have given three (slightly) different reasons why the case book plays are correct.