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Originally posted by ozzy6900
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Simple (?) question from a Youth League (9-10) manager -- If a pitched ball first hits the dirt before striking the batter, is (1) the batter "Hit by Pitch" and awarded first base or (2) the pitch a "Ball" and "live" in-play (assuming the batter didn't swing) or (3) something else? We had this happen to us in consecutive games with different calls by the umpire.
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RickWin and others. Try to remember it this way: If you are playing men's Slo-Pitch softball, the ball is dead. If you are playing baseball or fast pitch softball, the ball is alive. It's that simple!
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Sorry but this is WRONG!!! Baseball or fastpitch softball, ball is dead when it hits batter (either bouncing or In Flight).
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Tim C, Try to follow here, the ball that bounces in fast pitch softball and baseball is
alive. I never mentioned anything about a hit batsman. I was referring to the status of the "bounced pitch".
Of course if the batter were struck by the bouncing pitch, the ball is "dead".