Double play to end inning (one tag, one force)

[lawump]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Not to be nit-picky here but, it is never a force out at first base.

Oh God, please don't start that again! Last week at the ABUA site was enough!

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by lawump

Oh God, please don't start that again! Last week at the ABUA site was enough!

Only for certain individuals

[Larry1953]

Lol...
To explain the origin of the myth, when coaching younger levels, the kids don't know or often forget the force out "mechanic" and in the heat of battle resort to the tag which they all know is good for an out - except of course when the ball gets knocked out of the glove and everybody is safe. A quick reminder, "OK guys, force at any base... Bobby[F5], play it like a first baseman if the play comes to you....OK, coach". That always seemed to help a bit. The kids seem to understand how the "force mechanic" works at 1B from a young age and that is more important then than parsing technical definitions.

Rich, I just couldn't let you down :-)