Passed Runner

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

This is what I thought, but I cannot reconcile it to 7:08 e

He or the next base is tagged before he touches the next base, after he has been
forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner. However, if a
following runner is put out on a force play, the force is removed and the runner
must be tagged to be put out.

Technically the batter was not out on a force play.

It's like this: The following runner was put out while a force play was in effect. There is now no force play.

And if you want to get really technical the batter can never be put out on a force play. The "normal" play on the batter at 1B while seemingly a force, is not a force because the batter does the forcing, he isn't himself forced. See 2.00 Force Play. That's why there are separate exceptions in 4.09(a ).