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Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Are you guys saying you wouldn't pick up a bat that's laying in the basepath? What if a runner doesn't have time to stop and pick it up and rolls an ankle? Guess who the courts will say is liable in this situation.
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Ref Ump Welsch,
Suppose the bat you
moved caused the same
problem? If you never touched the bat, you cannnot be
liable. No where in the rules, or at any umpire clinic
does it state, we as umpires are to remove a carelessly
thrown bat.