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I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my first post. I'm very comfortable with what to call if the ball hits a runner in all situations. My question concerns a ball hitting an umpire. My impression has always been that if a ball passes a fielder and hits an umpire, it's a live ball, play on regardless of whether another fielder had a play on the ball or not. Fed and LL/BR (the "OBR" softball leagues) tend to support this in their rules; ASA seems to imply otherwize although it's not explicitly stated in the ASA rules.
I realize that this shouldn't be a problem in softball since we are usually outside in B or C, but my association is "encouraging" us to move slightly inside F4 or F6 when they are playing near the outfield grass, so there is some possibility for this to happen.
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