In baseball, a force play occurs when a baserunner is required to advance to the next base because the batter becomes a baserunner. The rules state that the fielder must touch the base with the ball in hand before the baserunner reaches it to record an out. If the fielder fails to do so, the baserunner is safe. The consequences of a force play can result in an out being recorded or the baserunner being safe, depending on whether the fielder successfully completes the play.
To execute a baseball force out, a fielder must touch the base before the runner reaches it. This can happen when a runner is forced to advance to the next base because the batter has hit the ball. The fielder must catch the ball and then touch the base before the runner gets there to record the out.
It's a judgment call. I think the answer is this: A play is scored as a fielder's choice if, in the official scorer's judgment, the fielder had a clear opportunity to throw the batter/runner out at first, but instead chose to putout another baserunner. So I suppose a batted ball is scored as a force out if the fielder has no realistic chance (in the scorer's eyes) to get the batter/runner out at first and his only choice is to tag another runner or throw to another base.
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One answer:it would be considered a force play. Another answer:The runner from 1st base would be out on a force play. The batter would be credited with a base hit. It would only be a fielder's choice if the official scorekeeper felt the batter could have been thrown out at 1st but the fielder chose to throw to 2nd (thus the term "fielder's choice"). It is unlikely that the batter would have been thrown out at 1st on the play you describe, but the final authority is the official scorekeeper.
Mid-fielder.
A player can run out of the path (for instance, while rounding the bases) as long as there is not a possible play. Once there is a possible play, the runner must be within 3-4 feet of the base path.
in order to play you must use the force.
If you reach the base before the ball but overrun the base, you must then be tagged out. Once you reach the base it is no longer a force play and the fielder must tag you off the base to make an out.
The force-out rule is the same in little league as it is in the majors. If there is nowhere else for the runner to go because the runner behind him must advance, the force-out is at the base he's headed to.
on a batted ball the fielder has the right of way if the fielder is in the basepath and the ball isn't near him the runner has the right of way
Mid Fielder.