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Originally Posted by Cajun Reff
that is what I ruled by allowing R2 to go back to 3rd and R3 to go back to second, basically "no harm no foul"
but I had no rulebook justification for it. On the flip side my assertiveness and confidence made it seem like I knew what I was doing so both coaches took the ruling without a peep.  |
I'm confused. If the ruling in either case was that "nothing happened", then no ruling, nothing can be changed, the runners stay wherever they reached.
In any rule set, a blocked ball is a dead ball, runners stay at the last base reached. Possibly by accident, "
R2 to go back to 3rd and R3 to go back to second" would be the result of a dead ball. But, the runner being played on, if there is one, should be out (R2 in the bat case, R going home in the foot case).
Should we decide that an infraction is or isn't? See below.