Batter Kicks Fair Ball in Batters Box

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

He hits the ball. It immediately comes to rest in the batter's box. Then the batter takes off?

Why did the batter wait until the ball came to rest before running? Didn't he naturally start running when he first made contact with the ball?

And what did he hit the ball with to get it to stop immediately, a 64 degree lob wedge? Are they playing on the beach? Sounds like a real TWP to me.

Actually, the field was in terrible shape, lots of dried QuikDry around the plate (just like sand), ball barely nipped bat and stopped immediately, stopped by the "sand".

The ump called an out since the batter contacted the ball after it had come to a complete stop (runner ran only after coach yelled "Run" - middle school, you know), as opposed to the ball striking the runner while ball was still moving, so he said.

Coaches didn't argue, but since there's no concensus here either, at this point, I'm not surprised.

If anybody could copy and paste the applicable rule wording here, I would appreciate.

Just trying to educate myself as a fan, and I've come to depend on you guys.