Runner hit by fair ball in foul terr.

[waltjp]

I ran this by my chapter interpreter (FED Rules). His reply...

The runner is out. 8-4-2k covers it. Even though he was in foul territory, he was hit by a fair ball.

Originally Posted by waltjp

I ran this by my chapter interpreter (FED Rules). His reply...

The runner is out. 8-4-2k covers it. Even though he was in foul territory, he was hit by a fair ball.

Get a better interpreter. It only applies if you get hit by a fair batted ball in fair territory. Below is the rule exactly from the book.

k. is contacted by a fair batted ball before it touches an infielder, or after it passes any infielder, except the pitcher, and the umpire is convinced that another infielder has a play (5-1-1f, 6-1-5).

This rule does not apply here because the ball went into foul territory. In order for 8-4-2k to apply the ball must remain in fair territory.

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by BigGuy

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This rule does not apply here because the ball went into foul territory. In order for 8-4-2k to apply the ball must remain in fair territory.

BigGuy,

While I certainly hope (pray??) that your assertion is correct, do you have any "cite" that supports it?

When I first read dash's OP, I thought "WTF is he talking about?" Then I went and read the rules. Conspicuously absent from the FED rule is the phrase "fair territory". None of the FED case plays I've read clarifies it definitively one way or the other.

Maybe he IS out under FED rules. Maybe he's not. I'd like to know how they want that called.

JM

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by BigGuy

Get a better interpreter. It only applies if you get hit by a fair batted ball in fair territory. Below is the rule exactly from the book.

k. is contacted by a fair batted ball before it touches an infielder, or after it passes any infielder, except the pitcher, and the umpire is convinced that another infielder has a play (5-1-1f, 6-1-5).

This rule does not apply here because the ball went into foul territory. In order for 8-4-2k to apply the ball must remain in fair territory.

BG, maybe it's me...but where exactly in the rule does it say that this doesn't apply if the runner is in foul territory?

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by waltjp

BG, maybe it's me...but where exactly in the rule does it say that this doesn't apply if the runner is in foul territory?

In my 2007 book: 5.1.1 N

[UmpJM]

Bossman,

Thanks. Same case play is in the 2008 book. I was only looking in the Rule 8 case plays, so didn't find it.

JM