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Tue Aug 03, 2010, 03:47pm

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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?

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