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Originally Posted by kheisner
Help.....talking with a couple of fellow umpires tonight discussing some seldom used rules. I commented on the fact that if a runner standing on a base in fair territory and if he is hit by a batted ball (before it passes a fielder) that runner is out. They both disagreed with me and one said that is an OBR rule but not a Fed rule. Am I wrong??? 
They both have a lot more experience than me. I thought this was a rule in all aspects of baseball/softball. |
You are correct. The "experienced" umpires are wrong.
Rule 8-4-2-k EXCEPTION only protects a runner touching his base when he is hit by an infield fly.
Otherwise, he is out if he is contacted by a fair batted ball before it touches an infielder,
or after it passes any fielder, except the pitcher , and the umpire is convinced that another fielder has a play.