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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)
Steve,
I know you've been "away" for a while, but come on. It's a foul ball. What, you going to call the batter out for interference under 7.09(k)? Have fun with that.
JM
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No, I'm not calling interference at all. The ball hit the bat, not the batter's hands. It may have stung a whole bunch, or pinched the hand, but I'm not good enough to tell that it hit anything but the bat. If it clearly hit the hands first, it's a dead ball. If not, I play on. If the ball rolls foul, I call it foul.
I see a lot of balls hit near the handle of the bat that hit the bat and then catch a little bit of finger too. I've seen these balls that ended up in fair territory called fair. Maybe I'm not seeing this like others are seeing it. I'm talking about a possible near-simultaneous hit of both ball and finger, with the bat being hit just prior to maybe nicking a finger. No INT, no HBP, just a ball hitting the bat.