Force Play

A force play is a game situation in baseball, in which a base runner is forced to leave the base on which it stood during the pitch, and advance to the next base. The situation stems from the rule that only one attacker may stand on any base.

The batsman is, once he gets the ball game, getting into a force play situation, since he has to release the batter's box for the next batter after a blow and is therefore forced to run to first base.

A runner on first base is also basically in a force play situation. Bring the batsman the ball in play and try to get to first base, the runner from first base to second base must advance. Located at the same time a runner on second base, so this is also the situation in the Force play and must move up to third base. The compulsion to advance thus propagates and can cause a runner must move up to home plate, when previously all bases are occupied by attackers, called bases loaded situation.

A force play situation resolves itself once the MOVED Runner or the batsman "Off" is made. This is often done by a fly-out, in which the batsman "Off" is made, and return the runner to the base on which they stood at the time of the pitch.

Forced Runner

A runner is forced to the runner as soon as he is in a play situation Force.

Force Base

As Force Base that base is called, which comes after the base on which the runner was forced during the pitches. Is thus for a runner on first base, the second base the Forced base. For a runner on second base is therefore the third base.

Force Out

A forced runner is off, once a player the defense with the ball under control the Force Base touches before the forced runner touches it.

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