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Old Thu Nov 29, 2007, 01:06pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
So if nobody came even close to having a play on the ball, it would not be considered "passing an infielder" even if it did pass an infielder?
I think the words in the rule are "through or by" and "by" means "immediately by".

In some rules codes there's the "string theory" -- run a string frm F3 to F4 to F6 to F5 -- if the ball passes the string, then the ball has passed an infielder and the runner is not out.