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In a baseball game, a batter hits a ball that bounces to you in center-left field. A runner is on first base. The correct play is to throw to the second baseman. Why? Give two reasons.

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2nd base is close and the runner on first will have to run to second because they are forced to.
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Because it is a forced play at 2nd and 2nd base is closer to make the play to
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