BR runs into batted ball
 

JV TWP, but it happened. I have been thinking about it all day and would like your input.

R2, 0 outs, outside pitch, RHB swings and makes contact. The ball deflects off hard ground from leftside batter's box near plate and bounces at least belt high out in front of plate about two feet. When B/R realizes the direction of the 1st hop, he takes off for 1B and catcher takes off for the ball. The ball glances off the B/R leg about ankle/shin high and into the grass in fair territory. The catcher still manages to make the out at 1B.

1) Did I have immediate interference, return runner to 2B?
2) Did I have no interference since the B/R helped improve the catcher's throwing lane to 1B and the out on B/R was recorded anyway.
3) Did I simply have a foul ball, when contact was made by a RHB in front of home plate as he cleared the rightside batter's box?

It happened really fast. I chose option 2, although I thought really hard about option 1 and the BC called time to explain that I had missed option 3. I explained that the ball was never inside the RH batter's box and that I let the play run its course. R2 advanced on the play. What should I now learn about a play like this one?

Edited to add link: http://www.nfhs.org/core/contentmana...%20diagram.pdf

It sounds like you missed an interference call, which should have been an immediate dead ball. There's a small area of exemption of the batters box on or over fair territory where we allow the play to proceed should a batter get struck by his own batted ball without making an interference call. But being struck two feet out in front of home plate should have warranted a call.



Tim.

I thought if the BR touches a batted ball while in the box it's foul.

That's the difference between the written rule and accepted practice.

Interference. Call time, return runners.

Who cares? Play's over.


If, as you indicated, contact took place two feet into fair territory, then, Yes.

Very creative thought, but no.

See answer to #1.

I had a similiar play on friday and kicked the call. B1 made contact with ball in the box and then rolled in fair terr. I let the play go on and should have called foul. Its hard sometimes to see this play, everything happens so fast around the dish. Although not an excuse, but I was working solo at the game and bases were occupied.
Oh well.

If the batter has one of his two feet on the ground completely outside of the batter's box and has contact with the fair ball. INT

If the batter has two feet in the box or one in and the other in the air when contact is made. FOUL

Hold on, a ball which strikes the BR while he's in the box is one thing. Ball goes straight down and immediately bounces into the B, sure foul.

BR touching a batted ball is another. Consider a pop up, nobody see's where it went, BR starts for first as F2 steps on the plate they collide, nothing so far, this should be ruled incidental contact thus far. Now the fair ball comes down and srikes BR on the helmet as he has one foot on the plate and one in the box, ball goes into dugout. He ain't getting no double outta me, he's out for being touched by his fair batted ball.

According to
OBR.6.05 A batter is out when—
(g) His fair ball touches him before touching a fielder;

Batted ball touches the batter while in the box = foul ball.

Batted ball touches the batter while out of the box = immediate dead ball and out for interference.

As long as the batter has one foot on the ground entirely outside of the batter's box, I agree.

I don't care if it's OBR, NFHS or DiddleDuck League (LL), I have a fair ball and an F2 making a play, B is leaving/left the box, OUT.

In the OP, the ball didn't bounce up and hit him. It hit him AFTER he started moving. Two feet in front of the plate is not in the batter's box. I've got INT all the way. Anyway you look at it the ball is dead. Some might stretch it to call foul ball, but there is no way there can be any play by F2.

Just so I can start the protest report.....You saw the batted ball hit the batter-runner two feet in front of the plate, and you called it fair?

Circle the wagons.

And the wagons begin circling.

Uh...what territory is two feet in front of the plate? Not including Calvin Ball, of course.