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Originally posted by coach22 [/i]
I had a situation last night and want to get some rulings.....batter hits a ball to out field and it goes to the fence....batter goes to secondand intends to stay there...the outfielder throws to third....ball gets past 3rd baseman and hits a player out of dugout (not the on deck batter)...what is the ruling...i say runner is out and it is a dead ball.
Whenever one trys to figure out an answer, in general terms look at the side who erred.
In your situation, the defense erred they made a bad throw and now you want to bail them out by calling the runner out.
Unlike batted balls, on THROWN balls we need INTENT. So unless this player purposely got in the way and hindered a fielders ability to make a play, there is no call.
Pete Booth
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