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Originally Posted by bigda65
BU,
Let me ask a question.
R3 and a left handed batter, the shift is on such that the SS and 3B are playing in shallow right field.
Batter hits a ball down the 3B line and hits R3 in fair terrritory
What is your call and why???
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My call in this specific situation (if I'm reading it correctly) would be an out. The rule book I'm using (FED) states that the runner is out if touched by a batted ball in fair territory before it
touches or
passes an
infielder. In the situation you describe, and according to the book, both the SS and 3rd baseman are still considered infielders.
In ORB however (which I'm just becoming familiar with, so I don't have it
all down!) they, according to the technical
definition of terms, are no longer considered infielders.