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Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
FYI, USSSA has the same rule as NSA. If batter-runner reaches first with the bat in his/her hand, he/she is out automatically as if he/she had been played on at first. Play continues for everyone else.
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I would have no problem if ASA changed it.
I can only guess that they believe allowing the batter to leave the area with the bat is safer then having the BR just let it go in mid-follow through.
As far as I'm concerned, the farther they take that bat away from me and the catcher, the better.