Rule 8-7-C (ASA) Clarification

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

So would I, especially since I mostly call men's games! We've got a few mullets around here.

Hey, it's been close to 30-something years,BUT, I used to have one of those pony tails - it got to about 2/3rd's of the way to my waist.

Funny thing now - whenever my hair begins to touch my ears, I can't wait to get to a barber shop.

Since at least 1984 until the 2007 rule book this was in the Definitions section under Force Out. I suppose it was moved because it makes more sense for it to be where it is now. I've never had to call it and I've never seen it called. As far as I can determine ASA is the only organization that has this rule.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by GrumpUmp

Since at least 1984 until the 2007 rule book this was in the Definitions section under Force Out. I suppose it was moved because it makes more sense for it to be where it is now. I've never had to call it and I've never seen it called. As far as I can determine ASA is the only organization that has this rule.

Well, except MLB/OBR and NFHS.

I dont know any other rule sets well enough to comment... but I'm quite sure its the same in every rule set, even the yemeni slayer of the infidel league.

[greymule]

Regarding force outs, kyleflan, ASA has two rules that do not always match those of other codes:

1. Once the batter/BR has been put out, all force plays are off. For example, Abel on 3B, Baker on 1B, one out. Charles gets a hit down the right field line to score Abel. Baker misses 2B on his way to 3B, and Charles is thrown out at 2B trying for a double. The defense appeals Baker's miss of 2B and the umpire upholds the appeal for the third out. Ruling: The inning is over on the third out, but Abel's run counts. Baker's miss of 2B is not considered a force play, as the BR Charles was put out previously. Some other codes consider Baker's miss a force play (and nullify the run) because (a) Baker was forced when he missed 2B, or (b) he was forced to 2B when the play began.

2. Rule 8-7-C applies not only to runners, but also to the BR. If the BR reaches 1B and retreats toward home, he also reinstates the "force" and can be put out by tagging 1B. Other codes do not technically consider the out at 1B a force out, and once the BR touches 1B, he must be tagged even if he retreats toward home. (This has nothing to do with stepping backward to avoid a tag.)

wadeintothem, you're right that the YSIF also reinstates the force when the runner retreats. I'm checking to see whether they have a case play at 1B, though. (You should see the penalty for running the bases in the reverse order for the purposes of making a travesty of the game. The runner is out and . . . yow!)

Sorry folks. I should have been more specific. I was not talking about force outs in general but the ASA rule about retreating back to the base a runner or BR was initially forced to after touching the succeeding base.

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Well, except MLB/OBR and NFHS.

I dont know any other rule sets well enough to comment... but I'm quite sure its the same in every rule set, even the yemeni slayer of the infidel league.

I should have specified softball organizations.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by GrumpUmp

Sorry folks. I should have been more specific. I was not talking about force outs in general but the ASA rule about retreating back to the base a runner or BR was initially forced to after touching the succeeding base.

I should have specified softball organizations.

NFHS Softball Rule 2-24-4

If a forced runner, after touching the next base, retreats for any reason towards the base she had first occupied, the force play is reinstated and she may again be put out if the defense tags the base to which she is forced.

NCAA Softball

1.49 Force Play
A play in which the base runner loses her right to occupy a base because the batter becomes a batter-runner and before the batter-runner or a trailing runner has not yet been put out. When a forced runner, after touching the next base, retreats for any reason toward the base she last occupied, the force play is reinstated.

Thank you Dakota.

[wadeintothem]

OBR 7.08e: However, if the forced runner, after touching the next base, retreat for any reason toward the base he had last occupied, the
force play is reinstated, and he can again be put out if the defense tag the base to which he is forced;

YSIF 2.0d:
If a forced runner retreats, like a cowardly dog, for any reason towards the base he had first occupied, the force play is reinstated and he may again be put out by tagging the base. The coward may be subsequently beaten severely with your sandal.