Force at second base

[Guest Steve]

One out man on first. Ground ball hit up the middle. Short stop dives catches ball touches second with right hand. Umpire says runner is safe because he didn't touch second with ball. Is this the right call?

[ALStripes17]

One out man on first. Ground ball hit up the middle. Short stop dives catches ball touches second with right hand. Umpire says runner is safe because he didn't touch second with ball. Is this the right call?

Does the umpire call runners safe at 1B bc the first basemen touches it with his foot? Exact same concept.

Runner should be out on the force as long as SS has ball in possession and touches 2B with some part of his body.

[sdix00]

Check out the definition of a TAG in rule 2.

[Guest Steve]

Thanks that's what I thought. Didn't want to make a big scene as it really didn't effect the outcome of the game. Just wanted to make sure I didn't miss any new rule changes at the winter meetings !!!!

[JaxRolo]

Did you have a talk with him post-game?