Home Run Question

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by ddb

FED Rules

R1. Batter hits high fly ball to center field. R1 hesitates half way between first and second base watching/waiting to determine if the fly ball will be caught or will clear the fence. Fly Ball clears the fence but no home run signal given by UIC or Base Umpire. Batter/runner catches up with R1 and 'slightly' passes R1 but corrects action and falls in behind R1 before R1 or batter/runner touches 2nd base. Should the batter/runner have been called out for passing R1??

Was not working the game nor did I see the play but was told 2nd hand by a fan about the play...

Rules reference for decision?

This ties for silliest "question" ever posted.
Yes, BR should be declared out.
The "rule reference": try the one that says: runner is out for passing an unobstructed preceeding runner [different #'s in different codes, but the language is there in all].
Silliness:
1: it just recently happened in a MLB game, and the runner was called out: JUST BY COINCIDENCE, it also just happened in a FED game where you "weren't there but got told by a fan"; and
2: "slightly passed"? ... kinda like "slightly" tagged [or pregnant], dontcha think?
SHEESH!