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Originally Posted by mikebran

I know this will be a 3 base award for using detached equip on a batted ball, but the ball remains live.. (never understood this part). I guess when playing action stops, all baserunners will be scored and the B-R will be put on 3rd.

Your guess is correct. The reason that the ball remains live is to allow the possibility that BR also scores by running the bases (inside the park home run). Like many penalties on the defense, this one allows the offense every opportunity to score before we enforce it.

Found on another website

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Catchers Mask
06/23/06 4:48 PM

Pop fly in the infield fair or foul doesn't matter
catcher catches the ball in his/her mask. All leagues.

Parent wanted to know out or no out.

What's the call?
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RE: Catchers Mask
06/23/06 8:47 PM

If the ball is touched over foul territory it is a foul ball. If it is touched over fair territory the batter and all runners are awarded three bases. The ball is alive and in play. A player cannot purposely touch a fair ball with any detatched equipment. The award is two bases on a thrown ball.
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Source: http://baseballumpires.com/forums/me...A70BC97C27DE12

Alway consider the source.

A look at the MLB rule changes

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Rule Change #17: Provision made for one base award when detached equipment is used to field a pitched ball.

The Official Rules provide for base awards when a fielder touches a live batted or thrown baseball with detached equipment. However, the rule makers forgot to address the same situation with regard to pitched balls. The award in the new rule, 7.05(j), is one base from the base occupied at the time of the infraction. This interpretation had been in place for some time in the PBUC and MLB manuals.

ESO editor note: The rule was tacked on to the end of Rule 7.05 as the new letter “j.” The other rules related to use of detached equipment are letters “a” through “e.” Umpires should be aware that over the many years the rulebook has been in existence, new items have been inserted in a disjointed fashion. One must be persistent in order to find all aspects of such rules; they will not always appear in one place or in logical succession.

Source https://www.eofficials.com/controlpa...ciatingLibrary

Someone forgot to tell someone to tell someone. Note editor's strong comment concerning the rulebook.