And still yet more players who don't know the rules

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I have wondered whether BR putting himself out by entering the bench area actually erases the force. After all, if BR throws off his helmet, he is out immediately, but any forces remain in effect. Maybe this situation is similar, as it seems unfair that the offense could benefit by abandoning effort.

The extreme play would be one in which, with a runner on 1B and less than 2 out, F6 lets a fly ball drop because BR is walking toward his bench. BR realizes what is happening and immediately enters DBT to remove the force on the runner.

Once when I was playing semipro baseball, an opponent stood at home plate with a runner on 1B and one out and watched the weak popup he had hit to F4. Our guy let the ball drop and got a double play. The BU disallowed the double play on the ground that F4 had intentionally dropped the ball. However, he let me appeal to the PU, who overruled him and allowed the double play.

A couple of years later, that BU began a 25-year career in MLB.