Intentional Walk

[blueump]

Originally Posted by LMan

Day-yum, bud, you are good.

FED 7-2-c "When an improper batter becomes a runner or is put out.....or an intentional base on balls has occurred.....the improper batter becomes the proper batter."

...So if an improper batter walks (unintentionally lets say) and then rounds first and steals second, he can no longer be called out either?

[LMan]

Originally Posted by blueump

...So if an improper batter walks (unintentionally lets say) and then rounds first and steals second, he can no longer be called out either?

He is still subject to appeal, since that's all part of the same play. Action has not relaxed.

In FED, a subsequent defensive play would foreclose any appeals (pitch, balk, pickoff attempt, etc).

In OBR, either an offensive or defensive play forecloses an appeal, so in this case if the walked batter stopped at 1B, action relaxed, the next batter took his place in the box, and then R1 stole 2B, that would stop the appeal (in OBR).


RE: the original sitch, it looks like that 7-1-c refers to the next batter (the one after the BOO guy) getting a IBB that cancels an appeal. This is supported by 8-2-5 (Pen (3)) on general appeal procedures (at least in FED).