I'm also to hear it went well Squibber, and I hope you have continued improvement and eventually are pain free.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: LennG on May 20, 2024, 11:44:59 AMLet's try another rule question
Line drive hits off the pitching rubber, goes up in the air, and is caught by the 1st baseman in foul territory.
What's the call?
Quote from: LennG on May 20, 2024, 11:44:59 AMAnd another one that happened to us earlier this season
Batter bunts the ball up the 1st base line. He drops his bat and it is in fair territory. The bunt rolls and hits the dropped bat and goes into foul territory.
What do you have on this play?
Quote from: LennG on May 18, 2024, 07:58:43 PMIf the pitcher lost contact with the rubber, I would think a base umpire would call that as it would be almost impossible for the plate man to see that.
Quote from: LennG on May 18, 2024, 07:48:15 PMThere is a scenario where the umpire seeing that the runner intentionally interfered with a fielder CAN call a double play, with the runner out and the batter also out. It is rare as you would have to anticipate that the ground ball would have been a DP, and the runner did what he could to stop it. It is a legitimate call though.
Quote from: LennG on May 16, 2024, 12:23:34 PMSince both of us, the umpires had never really seen a play like that, we got together and used our best judgment and knowledge to make the call.
Since the rulebook says that if any pitched ball strikes the batter, it is a dead ball, regardless if it hits the ground first, that is what we used to make the ruling. The batter swinging at it makes no difference.
(If a better, say, squares to bunt and he offers at the pitch and in doing so, the pitch hits him, a strike is called as he did offer at the ball, and being hit has no relevance except making the ball dead)
Since it is now a dead ball, the runner had to return to 1st base, as that was his position at the time of the pitch.
Quote from: GIANTS1 on May 14, 2024, 09:08:22 AMi am going to say illegal because they actually made a play while time was out.Yes. It would help if I'd read it closer.