Wow, wondering if that was your team I had last week at a scrimmage.

Batter lays down a bunt. As she comes out of the batter's box, she drops her bat down in fair territory.. As the catcher and pitcher come in, the ball (repeat, the ball) rolls against the bat (which is by now laying still). The catcher picks up the ball, but doesn't throw it anywhere. Defense coach comes out of dugout asking us what is the ruling on the field. I tell coach that the batter-runner is safe at first. When he asks why, I reply, "Hmmm. let's see, catcher picks up ball, catcher holds ball, catcher don't throw it to no one. I've got batter-runner safe at first since she beat the non-existing throw to first."

Coach tells me that BR should be out. It's a safety thing. Tells me that rule book says that BR has to throw the bat into foul territory.

Why do I always end up with the outdated rules books? Mine says 2004. But since my rules book doesn't have this rule in it, NFHS must have recently come out with an update that I didn't get.