Re: _Tie goes to Runner or Fielder?_, Mark Yoder wrote to Terry May on 09 Oct 
96:
 TM>> So what's the deal?  Would someone please post the rule again that
 TM>> says the batter is out if he doesn't reach first base before the base
 TM>> is tagged?
 MY> 
 MY> 7.08(e)  (Any runner is out when) "He fails to reach the next base
 MY> before a fielder tags him or the base, after he has been forced to
 MY> advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner.  However, if a
 MY> following runner is put out on a force play, the force is removed and
 MY> the runner must be tagged to be put out.  consequence>."
Thanks, Mark!  Somebody in rec.sport.baseball already beat you to it, but 
thanks nonetheless. 
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