Triple play?

[YAYA112]

The question was whether or not R1 (softballese) is allowed to occupy the base until R2 arrives or if once the ball is in play then the base no longer belongs to the runner, who is forced to advance.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by YAYA112

The question was whether or not R1 (softballese) is allowed to occupy the base until R2 arrives or if once the ball is in play then the base no longer belongs to the runner, who is forced to advance.

Ah. Guess you have your answer by now... No, in any ruleset of baseball or softball. Ask yourself this ... on a forceplay, can the runner simply stay at their original base to avoid being put out at the base they are forced to advance to?

[celebur]

Originally Posted by YAYA112

The question was whether or not R1 (softballese) is allowed to occupy the base until R2 arrives or if once the ball is in play then the base no longer belongs to the runner, who is forced to advance.

At the risk of being redundant. . .so long as the force is 'on', R1 cannot avoid being put out by staying on his/her original base. So as described in your OP, the fielder properly executed the triple play by doing things in the correct order--tag R1 while still forced, then tag 2B for the force on R2, then throw to 1B for the BR.

Sometimes, fielders screw up and tag 2B first, which puts out R2. Now R1 is no longer forced, so if R1 is tagged on the base, it is nothing.