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Originally Posted by TwoBits
The fact that all fielders on the grass and the runner is (I assume) running in the base path behind the grass doesn't make it passing an infielder?
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Not under OBR.
Under OBR, the "general" statement is that a runner is out when he's hit by a batted ball unless the ball was deflected or he could reasonably expect a fielder to field the ball (that is, the ball went *immediately by or through* the fielder AND the runner was right behind the fielder -- so the runner would have no time to react). Even in the latter exception, the runner is STILL out if another fielder could make the play.