Ball Deflects Off Pitcher Then Hits Umpire

[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?

[UmpJM]

cshs81,

After hitting the umpire, the ball is no longer "in flight" and cannot, therefore, be legally caught for an out.

That's a live ball, play the bounce.

JM

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

cshs81,

After hitting the umpire, the ball is no longer "in flight" and cannot, therefore, be legally caught for an out.

That's a live ball, play the bounce.

JM

Additionally, it is not umpire interference since it was deflected by the pitcher. Live ball, nobody is out.

[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.

[RPatrino]

A very improbable situation as you admitted. If there is a person who is so slow as to not be able to avoid a deflected ball, then there are other issues to be dealt with here.

[gordon30307]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

A very improbable situation as you admitted. If there is a person who is so slow as to not be able to avoid a deflected ball, then there are other issues to be dealt with here.

Beg to differ with you here. Improbable, not likely I agree. U1 in A position about 2 or 3 feet behind first baseman. U1 in foul territory. Screaming liner hooking toward the line deflecting off the glove of 1B and hitting U1. I could see it happening.

[MajorDave]

I have had to duck, dodge, dive,.... more than one at A position with a left handed batter pulling it down the line. Never been hit but have seen my share scream by my ear/knee/torso...

[DG]

I am watching a Matrix rerun and I can recall many times when I watched one go by my head or my feet as if in slow motion as I gently dodged. Never been hit, knock on wood.