Last night in our varsity game,our 1st baseman made a diving stop on a ground ball down the line. He is a big boy so rather than scramble to his feet,he tagged the bag quickly with his throwing hand. The runner was called safe because the umpire said he had not "properly tagged the base".
The umpire explained to our coach that a force out occurs when a fielder, while holding the ball in his glove, either touches the base with his foot or the glove containing the ball.I can't believe that this is correct but have not been able to find the specific rule. Help?
PS: we won big
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