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Originally Posted by Ed Maeder
ASA 8-5-F-5 In regards to the OP. This is an illegal act by the catcher so it appears that the batter will be awarded first for this act. If I ever see this happen it will be a first.
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This rule relates to awards to runners and batter-runners when the catcher illegally uses detached equipment to assist in making a play. Relative to runners, there is no award if there is no play.
With that in mind, we can't use this rule to create a batter-runner where none previously existed, as there was no play on that retired batter. Relative to this rule, the award of one base is only for batter-runners on whom a play might be illegally assisted by the detached equipment.