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Old Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:52am
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Originally Posted by bbman View Post
Batter hits a slow roller in front of the plate, drops bat in fair territory, rolling bat hits stationary ball. Is batter out?
What if spinning ball then comes back and hits stationary bat. Would ruling be same/different?
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Bat hits ball in fair ground - dead ball, out; in foul ground - foul.
Ball hits bat (stationary or not moving toward ball) - live ball, play on.
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