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Originally Posted by chuck chopper
Batter receives ball 4 which was in the dirt in front of HP. B/R drops bat in front of home plate immediately and is running to 1st while F2 mishandles the pitch and the ball bounces off her, out in front of the plate and hits the still moving bat. I assume B/R is out ?
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Rule does not apply in this situation.
8.2.F.5 would be the rule to apply IF the umpire judged the BR discarded the bat in a manner which prevented the defense from making a play on the ball.
Simply dropping the bat would not be a "manner" that would apply in this case.