Thread: Balls hits runner on base
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Old Tue May 22, 2007, 03:24pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
My rule book says "no other infielder had the chance to make a play on the ball." F8 is not an infielder.
7.09k does ... and 7.09k does not apply to this situation. 7.09k specifically applies to situations where the ball passes through or by an infielder.

7.08b -
Any runner is out when --
(b) He ... hinders a fielder attempting to make a play on a batted ball;

Note - NOT an infielder ... a fielder.
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