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Originally Posted by Dakota
Nah, not being sneaky. Yes, catcher was in foul territory, so it was not a trick question.
Someone asked me the question, I answered with the call I said above. The only thing I left out was the ball dribbled back out into fair territory & runners were advancing (one would have probably scored). The umpire did kill the ball, sent the runners back, placed the batter on 1B, but then had second thoughts since killing the ball deprived the team of a run.
I told him I'd post it here.
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Tom, I am missing the point. Batted ball is touched by catcher in foul territory; so what if it then trickled fair
after being touched foul?? Foul ball, or am I missing something?
OK, it was a DDB becaue of the catcher's obstruction; but then touched foul. Where it goes after that is immaterial; enforce the penalty for catcher's obstruction, batter awarded first, all other runners advance only if forced.