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Originally posted by TwoBits
FED Baseball: If it's accidental, runner is safe. See casebook interpretation above.
OBR: No mention of this occuring is listed.
FED Softball: Runner is out, ball is dead. Doesn't matter if it was accidental or on purpose.
This happened in a game I was doing 3 years ago. 14 year-olds using OBR rules. I was UIC. I let the action play itself out, then after defensive coach calls time to argue, I talked it over with my partner, and we decided that since it was a pitched (thrown) ball that the catcher had a chance to catch but didn't and that the batter did not contact the ball intentionally that the ball was live.
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TwoBits, I agree with your FED and OBR baseball rulings - live ball, catcher missed his opportunity to field the ball, runner not responsible for contact unless deemed intentional. But why do you make the softball ruling as a dead ball and runner is out? I assume you are talking fast pitch rules... actually I can see even less reason in a slow pitch game (there is no squirting forward - the catcher would have to hit/push the ball forward into the batter). Do you have a rule reference or casebook play?