Force Play or Appeal?

[greymule]

In ASA, the way I read the book, appeals for missed bases can be made immediately, even if the runner is "in the vicinity" or in the act of returning from near the base. (The case book offers such a play.)

Therefore, in the OP, if, after the runner rounded (and missed) 2B, the play at 2B was clearly an appeal for the miss, then the out is a force, and the run would not score. (But remember that simply tagging the missed base does not ipso facto constitute an appeal. And it's not some kind of automatic force out, a la Fed baseball's notorious "accidental" force, which may or may not still be recognized.)

However, if the defense, without making an appeal, simply tagged the returning runner out after the run scored, then the run would count. Now—could the defense then appeal the miss at 2B and get a force out on an advantageous fourth out? No. The runner put out on appeal had not scored. (Even in OBR, that fourth-out appeal would not be allowed, but for different reasons.)

We seem to have some recent postings where incorrect nomenclature is being used for runners.

That's why I like to use Abel, Baker, Charles, etc.