Mon Feb 28, 2005, 06:42pm
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Originally posted by Dakota
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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Originally posted by mcrowder
Thanks. I have the caseplay, and I have the POE. And I now know the "right" answer.
What I'm looking for now is the rule from which the caseplay and POE are derived from.
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7.4.C
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It is clear from the case play rule reference that the first swing is a strike. The batter has therefore completed the legal actions by a batter for that pitch. The second swing, therefore, cannot be a batted ball.
7-6-K-3 deals with hitting the ball on the follow-through after a swing and a miss as an EXCEPTION to the hitting the ball a second time rule. This is a foul ball.
The rules do not specifically deal with a second swing and hit after a first swing and miss, but the ruling provided in the case play apparently applies the dead-ball logic from 7-6-K-3, even though it is not a foul ball (since it was already a swing and a miss).
IOW, the case play fills in the ruling for this situation.
An umpire taking the test without the case book could arrive logically at the ruling by following the reasoning above.
JMR (just my rationalization) 
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Just read the effect of the rule. "The ball is in play and the runners may advance with liability to be put out" should tell you something.
Check out POE 24C.
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