2 runners occupying the same base ...

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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA

No one has violated any rules at this point.

There is no rule forbidding two runners to touch a base simultaneously.

There is no rule stating a pitcher MUST make a play on a runner.

There is a rule which states that once a runner has stopped on a base and the pitcher has the ball in the circle, if she leaves that base, she is out.

There is no rule forcing any runner to violate any rules.

The LBR is not negated as if ANY runner leaves their base, they are ruled out unless the pitcher makes a play. But the pitcher knows that if she makes a play toward 2B, the runner on 3B may advance, so she isn't going to make a play.

Everything is within the rules and you cannot force a player to violate the rules. IOW, it is a stand-off, stalemate, whatever you want to call it.

OK, what about Rule 8.3.E? The one that says 2 runners cannot occupy the same base simultaneously? One of them's gotta go. All possibilities for an out have not been exhausted, since one of them has to leave the base. R1 has no right to the base, so she has to leave it. To me, this is similar to calling time, in the middle of a rundown, because you're tired of waiting for the tag.