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Originally Posted by mook11
MN Blue is correct (well, at least for slow-pitch)
USSSA
8.4 (g) states that the batter runner cannot touch 1b with the bat if the ball is live.
However, I do not believe there is a corresponding rule for fast pitch, although I am not an umpire...
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If the batted ball has cleared the outfield fence, is not the ball now a dead ball and the batter is awarded four bases because a fair ball went into dead ball territory on the fly. Therefore, if the ball became dead before the batter touched first base, the batter is not out.
MTD, Sr.
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
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