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Originally Posted by David Emerling
The reason I asked this question in the first place is because, somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I recall some interpretation like this - that if a player "kicks" a live ball, it is always considered intentional because it is too easy to mask an intentional kick with a seemingly "accidental", natural running motion. So, no matter how "accidental" it may have seemed - the fact of the matter is that runner kicked the ball as opposed to the ball simply hitting the runner. The runner actively did something.
But, like I said, I'm not sure of this.
You guys seem to think that, despite the runner "kicking" the ball, the umpire can still rule it as "accidental". OK - that seems reasonable enough.
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If a batter/runner touches a live ball in certain situations, they are going to be out no matter why they touched the ball. The issue of being contacting the ball intentionally comes into play with interference and preventing the defense from making a play on the ball. But if a batter/runner is out of the batter's box and touches the ball with their leg or anything else for that matter, they are going to be out no matter why they touched the ball. I think you are over-thinking the aspect of whether it is intentional or not.
Peace