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Originally posted by cbfoulds
The batter is not a runner until he reaches 1st base. Once he stops being the batter, he becomes the batter-runner, a special critter.
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I don't know about NFHS rules, but in case you intend this statement to apply to OBR also, I'd like to demur. A batter-runner becomes a runner as soon as his time at bat has ended, not when he reaches 1st.
From Definitions: A Runner is an offensive player who is advancing toward, or touching, or returning to any base.
6.09 The batter becomes a runner when-- (a) he hits a fair ball; [note that (b)...(h) enumerate other ways to become a runner.] Section 7, especially 7.05, 7.08, and 7.09, contains numerous references which confirm that B/R is a runner.
The batter-runner does indeed have special privileges and responsibilities, but at least in OBR he is also a runner.