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I'm not so sure an out would not have been the appropriate call on Lima.
Being in the batter's box when struck by a fair ball is only ruled foul when the ball *immediately* strikes the batter (or his bat) with such suddeness that the batter really had no choice in the matter.
Example: Batter attempts to bunt and the ball hits the very bottom of his bat. The ball goes sharply down, hits the ground, and immediately rebounds up and strikes the bat a second time. Even if in fair territory - this is a foul ball.
That is in great contrast to what happened to Jose Lima. He made contact with a batted ball as a direct result of his running into it. That could reasonably be ruled as an out.
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They kept showing slow motion replays of the incident at the plate. What *I* was waiting for was a replay of the attempted force out at 2nd. It appeared that runner was out and I was curious as to why he was ruled safe.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
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