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Originally Posted by charliej47
RULE 9. BASE RUNNING
Sec. 6. A batter-runner is awarded first base if:
A. He is a runner because of c, d or e of section 5
B. A fair ball, other than an infield fly, becomes dead and provided a preceding runner or retired runner does not interfere in such a way as to
prevent an obvious double play.
NOTE: Unless awarded first base as above, a batter-runner is entitled to first base only if the batter-runner reaches it before being tagged out, thrown out or called out for hitting an infield fly.
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What rule book are you quoting? (Year, etc.?)
This wording is not quite what the 2010 rule book says in that same rule (Rule 8-5). I should have also said fastpitch, since U-trip has two separate rule books for fast and slow pitch, but I wouldn't have thought the ruling would be different.
Nonetheless, the current rule book does have the same wording as "B" that you quoted (8-5-D) and the same note, but this cannot be meant to apply to ALL situations where a batted ball becomes dead, since that would directly contradict the majority of Rule 8-14. Awarded Bases, including some very obvious awards (home run, fair ball bouncing over the fence (GRD), etc., etc.).
I chalk this up to goofy rule book wording, since they must be talking about "at least" 1B, not at most.