cshs81 Odd scenario (admittedly): Hit ball deflects off pitchers glove, hits base umpire in shoulder, then is deflected to a fielder without ever touching the ground. Is the batter out at the point of the catch or is this treated as a ground ball once it hits the ump?
UmpJM cshs81, After hitting the umpire, the ball is no longer "in flight" and cannot, therefore, be legally caught for an out. That's a live ball, play the bounce. JM
bossman72 UmpJM (nee CoachJM) wrotecshs81, After hitting the umpire, the ball is no longer "in flight" and cannot, therefore, be legally caught for an out. That's a live ball, play the bounce. JM Additionally, it is not umpire interference since it was deflected by the pitcher. Live ball, nobody is out.
Richard_Siegel cshs81 wroteOdd scenario (admittedly): Hit ball deflects off pitchers glove, hits base umpire in shoulder, then is deflected to a fielder without ever touching the ground. Is the batter out at the point of the catch or is this treated as a ground ball once it hits the ump? When a pitched, deflected or thrown ball touches and umpire, or when a batted ball, outside of the one case of umpire interference, touches the base umpire it is nothing! It is just as if the ball touched the ground. There is a not-so-kind saying about this situation: The umpire is dirt.
RPatrino A very improbable situation as you admitted. If there is a person who is so slow as to not be able to avoid a deflected ball, then there are other issues to be dealt with here.
gordon30307 RPatrino wroteA very improbable situation as you admitted. If there is a person who is so slow as to not be able to avoid a deflected ball, then there are other issues to be dealt with here. Beg to differ with you here. Improbable, not likely I agree. U1 in A position about 2 or 3 feet behind first baseman. U1 in foul territory. Screaming liner hooking toward the line:eek: deflecting off the glove of 1B and hitting U1. I could see it happening.
MajorDave I have had to duck, dodge, dive,.... more than one at A position with a left handed batter pulling it down the line. Never been hit but have seen my share scream by my ear/knee/torso...
DG I am watching a Matrix rerun and I can recall many times when I watched one go by my head or my feet as if in slow motion as I gently dodged. Never been hit, knock on wood.