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Originally posted by robert elander
This happened in a 10 year old game being played under national federation of high school rules. No outs, no one on, batter hits ball over centerfield fence for homerun. Team comes out of third base dugout and lines up in foul territory from 3rd to home and high fives the home run hitter as he runs from third to home. The umpire calls the batter out for his team doing this and said the run did not count. Everything I read in the rules and case studies seems to indicate this is not a violation of the rules since this is a dead ball situation once the ball is over the fence and no interference is taking place on an attempted play. What rule would make the batter out?
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One umpire, in Colorado, nullified a grand slam because the players came out on the field to congratulate the batter-runner. I guess he almost started a riot. The league president said the umpire made the wrong call because the ball was dead. More importantly, he stressed that umpires should use common sense when unsure about a rule.
In short, you should never nullify a home run when players come out on the field to congratulate the batter runner.
By the way, does anyone know the FED rule that would allow an umpire to call an out for a player running out on the field during a live ball. Who would you call out, a runner or the batter runner?
[Edited by Gre144 on May 29th, 2001 at 05:05 PM]