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Originally Posted by BretMan
You have me scratching my head. 
There are two separate references to this ruling in the FED rule book and both say the award is from time of pitch.
For what reason do you think they mean anything other than what appears twice in print? |
One of the references is the Baserunning Awards Table in 8-3. Note that the award is combined with "fair batted ball " lodging in a defensive player's uniform. That makes no sense to me.
Also, the reference conflicts with the statements in 8-5 about time of award.
So, my guess is that whoever added the table (it's relatively new -- 5 or 6 years?) was thinking of a routine "grounder to short, throw goes into F3's uniform" play, and not the OP in this thread.
(These are all 2007 references).