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Old Mon Jun 18, 2007, 08:19pm
cshs81 cshs81 is offline
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Originally Posted by SAump
OBR 6.05 A batter is out when --(h) After hitting or bunting a fair ball, his bat hits the ball a second time in fair territory. The ball is dead and no runners may advance. If the batter-runner drops his bat and the ball rolls against the bat in fair territory and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, the ball is alive and in play;

No, it is considered a foul ball. Literally, the same result as if after touching the bat, the ball hits the player's ankle while standing in the batter's box over fair territory. The correct ruling is foul ball.

It would seem the difference in the OP and the example you cite is that the ball is still in fair territory (over the plate) in the OP and in the batter's box in your example.

What am I missing?
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