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Originally Posted by Dakota
Same can be said in many cases with a tag. Take the OP situation, but instead of the runner picking up the ball, the fielder does and tags the runner. The runner is out because he thought the ball was foul and was meandering back to base. He would have been out whether or not he was forced because he was off the base when tagged. Exempting a runner from the force out due to an infraction by the runner while off the base due to being forced off the base is a narrow (and wrong for the game) interpretation. JMO, of course.
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But RS #21 covers that the defense may tag the runner or tag the base to get a force out.
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Thu Aug 06, 2009, 01:22pm
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