FED thing?
"Rulebook states that defense cannot get an out during the dead ball because of a HR."
"Could you give a rules reference?"
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OBR 7.05
Each runner including the batter runner may, without liability to be put out, advance_ (a) To home base, scoring a run, if a fair ball goes out of the playing field in flight and he touched all bases legally; or if a fair ball which, in the umpire's judgment, would have gone out of the playing field in flight, is deflected by the act of a fielder in throwing his glove, cap, or any article of his apparel;
FED Rule 8-3, Article 3 ... Each runner is awarded
a. four bases (home) if a fair ball goes over a fence in flight or hits a foul pole above the fence, or is prevented from going over by ...
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Last edited by SAump; Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 08:00pm.
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