Baserunning

[Guest Jay]

Runner on first. Ball hit to out field runner advances to second.  Running at second goes back to first.  Is the force still in play

[noumpere]

The timing on your play is a bit unclear, but, in general, yes -- the force can be reinstated by R1 returning.

 

Here's the OBR rule (emphasis added) -- all codes agree.

 

(6) He or the next base is tagged before he touches the next
base, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the
batter becoming a runner. However, if a following runner
is put out on a force play, the force is removed and the
runner must be tagged to be put out. The force is removed
as soon as the runner touches the base to which he is
forced to advance, and if he overslides or overruns the
base, the runner must be tagged to be put out. However, if
the forced runner, after touching the next base, retreats
for any reason towards the base he had last occupied, the
force play is reinstated, and he can again be put out if the
defense tags the base to which he is forced;