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Originally Posted by UmpireErnie
OK. The point of my question is that for fair or foul the position of the runner does not matter only the location of the ball.
Now with a runner in contact with a base you are correct we cannot have an out, unless the runner intentionally interferes with the batted ball.
If the cloest fielder other than F1 is in front of the base, so that the ball has passed a fielder before the runner is contacted, then we have a live fair ball, play on. But if the ball has not passed or touched a fielder other than F1 before it touches the runner on base, by rule the ball becomes dead, the batter-runner is awarded 1B (and a single for you scorekeepers out there), and other runners return to the base occupied at time of pitch unless forced by BRs award of 1B.
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Is the dead ball before passing a fielder criteria just in ASA?
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