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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
While FED does not consider the pitcher touching the ball to be the initial play, there is a rule in FED basically the same as ASA which states if the ball is deflected and the runner did not have a chance to avoid the ball, the runner is not out. I will have to find it.
FED 8-8-6
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Yeah. The philosophy is that runners must know they have to avoid fielders, so even on a deflected ball from the pitcher, they should be able to avoid the fielder making a play.
But, they realize the runners often cannot avoid a batted ball that the pitcher deflects, so that makes it a judgment issue. If the runner could, she has to; if you judge she couldn't, the ball remains live.