Ball Deflects Off Pitcher Then Hits Umpire

[Richard_Siegel]

Originally Posted by cshs81

Odd scenario (admittedly):

Hit ball deflects off pitchers glove, hits base umpire in shoulder, then is deflected to a fielder without ever touching the ground. Is the batter out at the point of the catch or is this treated as a ground ball once it hits the ump?

When a pitched, deflected or thrown ball touches and umpire, or when a batted ball, outside of the one case of umpire interference, touches the base umpire it is nothing! It is just as if the ball touched the ground. There is a not-so-kind saying about this situation: The umpire is dirt.