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Originally Posted by mikebran
I know this will be a 3 base award for using detached equip on a batted ball, but the ball remains live.. (never understood this part). I guess when playing action stops, all baserunners will be scored and the B-R will be put on 3rd.
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Your guess is correct. The reason that the ball remains live is to allow the possibility that BR also scores by running the bases (inside the park home run). Like many penalties on the defense, this one allows the offense every opportunity to score before we enforce it.